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Seven soldiers, 71 jihadists killed in Egypt Sinai

Seven Egyptian soldiers and 71 jihadists have been killed since the launch of a wide-ranging operation to quell an Islamic State group affiliate in Sinai earlier this month, the military said. “As a result of the heroic combat operations by our armed forces…seven heroes of the armed forces were martyred,” …

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US drone strike kills 4 extremists in Somalia

The United States military for the second straight day is announcing a drone strike that killed al-Shabaab extremists in Somalia. The US Africa Command says the strike on Wednesday killed four “terrorists” near Jamaame in Lower Juba region in the south. The statement says the US assesses no civilians were …

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UN wants prosecutions for South Sudan war crimes

A UN rights commission in South Sudan said on Friday there was sufficient evidence to charge at least 41 senior officers and officials with war crimes and crimes against humanity. South Sudan’s four-year-old civil war has been characterised by extreme brutality and attacks on civilians.

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