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Morocco foils Isis-led plot

Sat Oct 21, 2017 07:54:27

Morocco has thwarted a planned terrorist attack against a sensitive area in the Kingdom, the country’s interior ministry announced.

Turkish Military Base was 'Target' of Somalia truck bomb: Somalian Intelligence

Wed Oct 18, 2017 08:54:37

The newly Turkish-built military base in Mogadishu was the original target of Saturday’s deadly truck bomb, a senior Somali intelligence official told VOA Somali.

Somalia's 'deadliest attack ever' kills 276, injures 300

Mon Oct 16, 2017 09:40:59

At least 276 people have been killed and 300 injured by a massive truck bomb that tore through a busy shopping district of Mogadishu, the government said Monday, making it the "deadliest attack ever" to hit war-torn Somalia.

Death toll from blast in Somalia's capital rises to 53

Sun Oct 15, 2017 11:49:24

The death toll from a huge truck bomb blast in Somalia's capital rose to 53 as hospitals struggled to cope with the high number of casualties, security and medical sources said Sunday. More than 60 others were injured.

Rohingya feel like prisoners in giant Bangladesh camp

Tue Oct 10, 2017 08:31:01

Hasina Begum's earliest memory is of watching the jungle cut down to expand the camp in Bangladesh that is the only home the 31-year-old Rohingya refugee has ever known.

Huge gas blast rocks Ghana’s capital, leaves casualties

Sun Oct 8, 2017 10:15:03

A huge explosion has rocked a gas station in Ghana’s capital of Accra, claiming the lives of an unknown number of people, and triggering the evacuation of a large number of local residents, police and government officials say.

China says Trump's trade threat over N. Korea 'unacceptable'

Mon Sep 4, 2017 12:53:54

China says President Donald Trump's threat to cut off trade with countries that deal with North Korea is unacceptable and unfair.

Iran appreciates S Africa’s stance on Palestine

Sat Sep 2, 2017 14:19:37

Speaker of the Iranian Parliament said Iran was grateful of positive positions taken by South Africa for restoring rights of Palestinian people.

UN concerned about rise in use of children as ‘human bombs’ in Nigeria

Wed Aug 23, 2017 14:23:31

The United Nations (UN) has expressed “extreme” concern about the “appalling” rise in the use of children as “human bombs” by Nigeria’s Daesh-linked Boko Haram terrorist group.

Car Bomb Blast Kills Govt. Official in Somali Capital

Mon Apr 10, 2017 13:58:04

A Somali government official has been killed in a car bomb explosion in the capital, Mogadishu, officials say.

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