The pupils and teachers abducted from three schools in Oyo State have been freed, PREMIUM TIMES can report. The release followed weeks of operations involving security forces from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), the State Security Service (SSS), Nigerian Army, the police and other security agencies. Sources familiar with the matter told…
There are reports of continuing clashes in Mali on Sunday, a day after a series of coordinated attacks across the landlocked African nation against Government forces by extremists and northern separatist rebels. Gunfire and explosions were reported in the capital Bamako on Saturday and around a large military base outside the capital, as well as…
Following attacks carried out by jihadist groups on Saturday, April 25, Defense Minister Sadio Camara was killed. His residence was targeted in a suicide truck bombing. He was rushed to the emergency room after the explosion but had not been heard from since, fueling various rumors. His death was confirmed on Sunday. The head of…
The military authority in Mali confirmed the attack in a statement, saying the terrorists “suffered immediate setback” and many of them were “neutralised.” A coalition of jihadist and separatist forces, on Saturday, launched a coordinated offensive across Mali, striking strategic military and urban targets from the north to the capital, Bamako, in one of the…
Mali’s army confirmed on Saturday it was involved in clashes with armed fighters who had attacked army barracks in the capital Bamako and other areas in the country. “Terrorist groups, not yet identified, targeted certain points and barracks in the capital and the interior,” said a statement. Gunfire rocked several districts of Bamako, including Kati,…
