At least 8 000 homes have been searched and over 1 000 people detained in anti-terror sweeps since March’s deadly attack on Tunisia’s Bardo National Museum, a government minister revealed on Tuesday. At least 120 of those detained were being held on suspicion of terrorist activity, Kamel Jendoubi, minister for …

French special forces killed a leader of al-Qaeda’s north African branch who was suspected of playing a role in the kidnapping of hostage Serge Lazarevic, the army said. “During an operation in the north-eastern town of Kidal in Mali, “two terrorists were captured and a third, Ali Ag Wadossene, was …

More than 100 armed Islamists have been killed, captured or have repented in Algeria in the first half of this year, the defence ministry said Tuesday. A statement, carried by national news agency APS, did not give a breakdown of the 102 Islamists it said were no longer battling Algerian …