Militants

Dozens killed in air strike, militant ambush in northeastern Nigeria

Nine people killed, 23 others wounded in Yobe State in aerial strike carried out by Nigerian air force. In neighbouring Borno province, 16 government troops killed in militant ambush.

Afghanistan's northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif falls to Taliban - officials

The insurgents have captured much of northern, western and southern Afghanistan in an offensive less than three weeks before the US is set to withdraw its last troops.

UK tells citizens to leave Afghanistan immediately over security situation

The Taliban now control vast swathes of rural Afghanistan and are challenging government forces in several cities, including Herat, near the western border with Iran, and Lashkar Gah and Kandahar in the south.

Egypt army says dozens of insurgents killed in restive Sinai

"Amid ongoing efforts in pursuing and defeating terrorist elements ... during the previous period, the armed forces ... carried out operations that killed 89 dangerous takfiris (militants) ... in northern Sinai," the army spokesperson says.

US general says Taliban controls half of all Afghan district centres

General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says more than 200 of Afghanistan's 419 district centres are under Taliban control, up from district centers under the insurgents' control last month.

Taliban attack in Afghanistan kills several security force members

The suicide car bomb blast near a military base in Pul-e-Khumri was followed by a gunfight, killing at least six security force members, according to a spokesperson for the Afghan National Army.

Armed assailants kill dozens in eastern Burkina Faso

The attack came a week after two Spanish journalists and an Irish conservationist were killed in an ambush by militants in the same region.

Tens of thousands flee northern Nigeria after fresh violence

UN refugee agency said up to 65,000 people had fled the northeastern Nigerian town of Damasak following the latest militant attack on an army base, which left more than 20 people dead.

More than 1,800 prisoners escape after attack on Nigeria jail

"I can confirm that the Imo State command of the Nigerian Correctional Service was attacked by unknown gunmen in Owerri," Imo state corrections service spokesman James Madugba says, adding that the number of escaped inmates was yet to be confirmed.

Mozambique army says Palma is 'safe' after several militants killed

Palma was taken in a coordinated attack on March 24. Commander Chongo Vidigal, leader of military operations to regain control of Palma, told state television TVM the area was "safe."

Hundreds still stranded as fresh clashes break out in Mozambique

Hundreds of shaken survivors of the March 24 Daesh attack in Palma have streamed into the neighbouring town of Mueda and provincial capital Pemba, where they arrived via boat, foot and plane.

Militants attack UN base in Nigeria, trapping aid workers

A spokesman for UN chief Antonio Guterres confirmed only that there was a "security incident", but gave no further details.