al-Qaeda Archive

The U.S. military carried out a missile strike in Somalia on Sunday targeting a suspected militant leader with ties to al Qaeda and al Shabaab, a U.S. military official told Reuters, speaking on condition …

At least five people have been killed and 20 hurt in a car bomb which hit a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut, media and officials say. Several vehicles were destroyed in the …

A total 139 Somali soldiers were passed out on Wednesday at Bihanga in the western district of Ibanda. European Union Trainers at Bihanga. The European Union Training was conducted by personnel from 9 European …

MOGADISHU – U.N.-backed African Union peacekeepers in Somalia, bolstered by more than 4,000 new soldiers, may return to the attack against al Qaeda-linked militants, according to a senior AU commander. African Union Mission in …

Two journalists for French radio station RFI have been killed after they were kidnapped in the northern town of Kidal in Mali. RFI said the two journalists were passionate about Africa Claude Verlon and …

Two French journalists have been killed after they were kidnapped in the northern Mali town of Kidal, France’s foreign ministry has confirmed. Kidal is at the epicentre of a dispute between ethnic Tuareg nomads …

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, October 25, 2013 – The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Mahamat Saleh Annadif today hosted African Union’s Peace and Security Council (PSC) on a historic …