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Four men accused of involvement in a massacre at a Moscow concert hall that killed 137 people were remanded in custody Sunday, as Russia observed a national day of mourning following the attack claimed by the Islamic State.
24 Mar
Russia observed a national day of mourning on Sunday after a massacre in a Moscow concert hall killed 137 people, the deadliest attack in Europe to have been claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group.
24 Mar
Russia will observe a national day of mourning on Sunday after a massacre in a Moscow concert hall that killed more than 130 people, the deadliest attack in Europe to have been claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group.
23 Mar
Russia on Saturday said it had arrested 11 people, including four assailants, involved in the Moscow concert hall attack and reported a new death toll of 93 which it warned could rise.
4 Mar
Terrorism in 2023 has remained a global threat as a record of 8,352 deaths representing 22 per cent increase from the previous year remains the highest, since 2017.
17 Jan
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have neutralised unspecified number of Boko Haram and Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) fighters during a significant week-long offensive against terrorists in Borno State.
9 Jan
An Islamic State group attack killed at least 14 soldiers aboard a military bus in the Syrian desert Tuesday, a war monitor said, in the second such attack this year. "At least 14 members of the regime forces were killed" and several others wounded "in a bloody IS attack on a military bus" in the…
22 Nov
A recent seminar was held in the Swedish town of Uppsala, co-hosted by the Sweden-based Nordic Africa Institute (NAI), the University of Pretoria’s Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship (CAS) in South Africa, and the Dakar-based Trust Africa.
16 Oct
A convicted British Islamic State member allegedly linked to the notorious "Beatles" cell which staged grisly killings and beheadings pleaded guilty to terror charges in a UK court on Monday.
2 Aug 2023
Ancient Yoruba of South-Western Nigeria have an adage: esin iwaju ni ti eyin wo, ti n ’fin sa ere. A rudimentary translation is that one’s inspired by life’s best performer, not the worst.
19 Jun 2023
A notorious armed group suspected of massacring at least 41 people at a Ugandan school has received funds from the so-called Islamic State (IS), according to a UN report seen by AFP on Monday.
31 May 2023
German prosecutors said Wednesday they had arrested seven people accused of collecting money to send to the Islamic State group in Syria. The four Germans, a German-Moroccan dual national, one Kosovar and a Turkish citizen, were accused of belonging "to an international network that supported the terrorist activities of the Islamic State in Syria through…

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President Bola Tinubu on Friday commended Nigerians for their sacrifices in the past few months for the nation to be steered to the path of recovery and sustainable growth. Tinubu said this in a statement by his Spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, to celebrate Easter. He assured Nigerians that the seeds of patience that they have sown…
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President Bola Tinubu has joined the Christian faithful to commemorate Easter, a significant moment and glorious celebration of the triumph of life over death.
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa expressed his condolences on Friday over a bus crash just before Easter that killed 45 of the 46 people on board.
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appealed to religious leaders not to curse Nigeria in their sermons rather they should pray for the nation to witness growth and prosperity. Tinubu made this call during the Ramadan Iftar gathering with traditional rulers and religious leaders at the State House in Abuja on Thursday. The President also emphasized…
43 mins ago
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Sri Lanka's statistics office said Friday that inflation had slowed to 0.9 percent in March, the lowest year-on-year price increase since an unprecedented economic crisis.
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Clement Ikolo, the king of the Ewu kingdom, who is one of the suspects declared wanted by the Nigerian military, has surrendered himself to the Nigerian police. Ikolo was listed among the eight suspects declared wanted by the Nigerian Army Defence Headquarters over the March 14 killing of 17 soldiers at Okuama Community in Delta…