At least twelve people were killed on Sunday in an attack on a large hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu by Islamist Shebab who used a vehicle packed with explosives to clear a path inside the institution, police said. Shebab insurgents affiliated with al Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the attack …

Eleven civilians were wounded Sunday morning by a suicide attack with explosives elements of Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram in the region of Lake Chad, the Chadian government announced in a statement. “Two elements of Boko Haram have been neutralized, a third blew himself up, wounding 11 civilians,” announced the …

One of the son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Saadi, tried for murder and participation in the bloody suppression of the revolt in 2011, appeared Sunday before a Tripoli court adjourned the trial to November 6. Dressed in the usual blue overalls prisoners, Saadi was presented to the judicial …