Britian Chris McManusand Italian Franco Lamolinara were killed in a rescue attempt that failed today in northern Nigeria. The pair were engineers working on a building project when they were kidnapped more that a year ago. Very little has been know about their whereabouts and condition for some months. The British government, ... Read More

Over the past year Boko Haram has ratcheted up its bombings and gun battles in Nigeria.  They have blown the United Nations headquarters in Abuja to smithereens; slaughtered more than a hundred church goers on Christmas day; successfully sent suicide bombers to kill policemen and destroy several of their stations; ... Read More

Ethiopian troops Tuesday took Baidoa from al-Shabaab terrorists.  This is the premier accomplishment of the Ethiopians since the  moved troops across the border into Somalia in November.  The Ethiopian forces are the main line moving against al-Shabaab in the north of Somalia.  Kenyan troops have been fight al-Qaeda linked terrorsts ... Read More

What many have suspected for a long time seems to be official.  Harakat Al-Shabaab and al Qaeda, in a video this week, formally announced their merger.  The merger raises concern in the horn of Africa and the United States.  The announcement also lends some crediance to the suspicion that al-Qaeda, ... Read More

At least 800 Tuareg tribesmen who were hired, trained and armed by Muammar Gaddafi to fight his own people in Libya, have returned to the Sahel states of Niger and Mali in recent months.  Al Jazeera's correspondent May Welch says that they number into the "thousands and thousands."  They have ... Read More

Terrorism Africa News US officials have confirmed that two aid workers held hostages by al-Shabaab since October 25th were free overnight. An elite US Navy Seal mission was dropped into Somalia to carry out the secrete and effective rescue.  There was a firefight resulting in the killing of at least nine of ... Read More

Terrorism Africa News On Saturday, Boko Haram, Nigeria's ruthless terrorist group carried out a bloody, coordinated attack in Kano killing at least 150 people according to reports from BBC.  Kano's nine million people are now under a 24 hour curfew to allow emergency personnel and security forces to deal with what ... Read More