Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of five French nationals and two Africans in Niger. It is reported that Abu Zeid, a southern emir of AQIM, is likely behind the abductions. The kidnappings are suspected of being an inside job.
Two Algerian police were killed by a roadside bomb planted by suspected al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb fighters in the town of Bordj Menaiel. Three civilians were also injured in the attack. A police officer was killed while trying to defuse a bomb planted by Islamists in Boumerdes.
The Mauritanian army has captured six suspected members of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb during an offensive operation in northern Mali. The army used aircraft to bomb a convey of vehicles said to be carrying members of AQIM. Mauritania is accused of killing two civilians and wounding four others in the airstrike.
Suspected Abu Sayyaf Group gunmen abducted a Chinese-Filipino junk shop owner in Zamboanga City. Vinton So’s wife said the kidnappers told her it was “purely business.” A ransom demand has not yet been received. Abu Sayyaf has kidnapped three wealthy businessmen in the city this year; all were freed after a ransom was paid.
Police arrested two suspected Boko Haram members in Jos. The suspectes were waiting in a crowd for the arrival of the presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. One of the men admitted to being a member of a guerrilla group.
One hundred French military anti-terror specialists have landed in Niger to aid authorities in freeing five French nationals abducted last Thursday. The soldiers entered Niger after a 25-year absence as officials gave consent for the French to deploy “personnel” and “aircraft” to free the hostages. This deployment comes after a French government spokesman pledged that […]
The Mauritanian army confirmed that it is in “total control” of the recent clashes with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb fighters that killed 12 Islamists. Reports indicate that upwards of 15 Mauritanian soldiers were killed and eight more were wounded in fighting that spilled into Mali in the northern locality of Erch Hendi. Malian […]
Insurgents rampaged through Narathiwat’s Bacho district, killing four Buddhists and burning their homes. A Buddhist rubber tapper farmer was killed by insurgents in Pattani province. A roadside bomb planted by insurgents injured 3 Thai soldiers after leaving their outpost in Narathiwat’s Bacho district.
The French nuclear firm Areva and construction company Vinci are pulling their foreign staff from northern Niger in response to the suspected Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb kidnappings. France believes the five hostages have been moved from Niger to Mali.
The Mauritanian army has launched an offensive against al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. The fighting spilled over into northern Mali at Hassissidi. “We are presently in Malian territory and engaged in full combat,” Mauritanian security sources stated. Niger and Algerian sources have seen seven kidnapped foreign nationals, including five French nationals, being taken into […]
Four insurgents killed a father and son in front of their home at a local village checkpoint in Narathiwat province. Insurgents killed a security guard working at the front office of the Chairat Parawood Company in Yala™s Raman district. A couple working at a university in Pattani was shot and wounded by an insurgent.
Abu Sayyaf Group fighters killed three soldiers in the town of Tipo-Tipo, Basilan. Ten Abu Sayyaf fighters ambushed an army patrol, which was unable to pursue the fighters into territory controlled by the MILF. Formal peace talks between the government and MILF are set to resume in November.
A suspected Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb member has been arrested in eastern Nouakchott. The unidentified man is linked to the attack and killing of soldiers in 2007 and 2008 that were blamed on AQIM. The arrests come a week after 35 convicted Islamists were pardoned of their prison sentences by authorities on Eid.
Five French nationals and two African nationals working for the nuclear company Areva and a subcontracter of the French construction company Vinci have been kidnapped from their companies staff compound in the northern town of Arlit. Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb-linked mercenaries are being blamed for the abductions. Taureg rebels have kidnapped French workers […]
Authorities arrested 10 Boko Haram members in Maiduguri who were involved in the killing of nine police officers and officials. Two men linked to the Boko Haram jailbreak attack have been arrested. One hundred and twenty prisoners who fled during the Bauchi jailbreak have returned voluntarily to their cells.
An al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb member responsible for external relations, Samir Saiaud, was freed from prison by authorities on Eid after he accepted former AQIM leader Hasan Hattab’s recent appeal to benefit from national reconciliation. An Algerian presidential advisor said Spain paid $8 million euros to AQIM for the release of two Spanish […]
Thai authorities arrested a key insurgent leader of the Runda Kumpulan Kecil separatist movement in a raid on his hideout in Yala™s Muang district. He is wanted for his connection to several bombings. An estimated 365 schools are closed for three days in Narathiwat province due to security concerns about the rising number of murders […]
Boko Haram fighters raided a prison in the town of Bauchi, freeing more than 800 inmates, including 200 Boko Haram members. Upwards of 50 Boko Haram members stormed the prison armed with AK-47s and killed four people, including two bodyguards, and wounded four others. Thirteen people have been arrested in connection with the raid.
Insurgents killed two teachers, a husband and wife, in Narathiwat province. A Muslim villager was killed at his house and a school janitor was shot dead in Pattani province. A Muslim woman was shot to death on her way to mosque in Yala province. Authorities raided an insurgent camp that was abandoned just hours before […]
Suspected Boko Haram Islamists in Borno State killed a retired police officer at his home in Bama and a trader during an attack on a district head’s house in Maiduguri. In the last month, 12 people, including seven police, have been killed by Boko Haram.
Three Tunisian nationals and four Algerians have been arrested by security forces for links to al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. The suspected AQIM operatives were arrested in Bordj Bou-Arr
An insurgent bomb attack wounded three police officers and one soldier in Yala’s Raman district. Suspected insurgents wounded three people in a drive-by in Narathiwat’s Rueso district. Four locals were wounded in a bomb explosion in a market in Pattani’s Khok Pho district.
National police have killed an Abu Sayyaf Group commander and his two aides in a 15-minute gun battle at a house in Maimbung, Sulu province. The Abu Sayyaf commander, Gafur Jumdail, is the younger brother of the group’s top leader, Umbra Jumdail. Other Abu Sayyaf members may have been wounded in the raid.
Bahraini authorities accused 23 Shia activists who are protesting the Sunni-dominated government of being members of a “sophisticated terrorist network.” The suspects are said to have been planning to overthrow the government, conduct violent acts, and use a propaganda campaign against the current regime.
Mauritanian authorities have captured a drug trafficker with links to al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. Ahmed Ould Baba Ahmed was arrested in Rosso, close the Senegalese border, and is thought to have a connection to the Lemzarrab operation last February in which authorities clashed with drug traffickers on the Mali border.
A shootout between insurgents and Thai soldiers resulted in the deaths of one soldier and one insurgent in Yala™s Muang district. Two soldiers were also wounded in a raid to apprehend an insurgent bombmaker, Mohammad Sarai. A Muslim village chief was killed in Pattani province.
Five men have been charged for supplying weapons to Islamist militants in a training camp in Aceh that was raided in February. Two police officers supplied weapons and ammunition through a businessman to Sofyan Tsauri, a terrorist suspect and former police officer. They face the death penalty. A suspected Jemaah Islamiyah member has been released […]
Three emirs of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb have surrendered to Algerian security forces. Oukad Atiya, alias Abu Djendel, was the emir who led the Katibat al-Farouk phalanx that operates from Medea to Bouira, Tizi Ouzou, and Boumerdes. The emirs are responsible for numerous assassinations, attacks, and kidnappings.
Three attacks by Islamists have left five security forces killed and over 20 injured. A suicide bomb truck attack on a military patrol left four soldiers dead and twenty others wounded in Zemmouri. Islamists attacked a police station in the provincial capital Tizi Ouzou. Islamists killed one police officer and wounded seven civilians in the […]
Muslim insurgents killed another married couple in a drive-by shooting in Pattani™s Khoke Pho district. The husband and wife were heading to their rubber plantation. A Thai solder was killed by insurgents on a motorcycle in Yala’s Muang district. Three soldiers assigned as security escorts for local teachers were injured by a roadside bomb in […]