Nigeria’s army says Boko Haram Islamic insurgents have overrun a remote border military camp in the northeast, leaving 13 soldiers wounded and an unknown number missing. Monday’s attack on Gashigar, on the border with Niger, is the third reported direct attack on the military after months of a lull during …

The UN Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) on Monday condemned the repeated attacks against its peacekeepers in the country, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters here. “A UN convoy was attacked yesterday in the area of Dekoa and another one between Grimai and Sibut three days before,” Dujarric …

Algerian Deputy Defense Minister, Army Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaid Salah on Tuesday held here in his office head-to-head meetings with counterparts from Italy, Spain and France, Defense Ministry said in a statement.