Several people have been injured and more are feared dead or kidnapped after militants attacked passengers on a train travelling between Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, and the northern city of Kaduna, entering carriages and opening fire before soldiers arrived at the scene. The incident began just before 9pm on Monday, according ...
Al Shabaab militants attacked several police stations and security checkpoints in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu early on Wednesday, officials and the militants said, a show of force as the nation prepares for a much-delayed presidential election. State TV reported that five people, two of them children, were killed in two attacks, ...