Libya Trains Regular Army To ‘do Away With Militias’
Under a blazing sun at a military centre in western Libya, dozens of young recruits learn to march in formation, ...
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US Troops Inside Raqa, IS Syria Stronghold
US military advisors are operating inside the city of Raqa, the Islamic State group's last major bastion in Syria, a ...
ISIS Admits Its Leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi Is Dead
ISIS has finally admitted its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, according to reports in Iraq. The terror group is said ...
IS Chief Reported Dead After Jihadists Lose Mosul
Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was reported dead on Tuesday, a day after Iraq declared it had driven ...
Mosul’s Once-Thriving Old City Now A Grey Wasteland
Once the beating heart of Iraq's second-largest metropolis, the Old City of Mosul is now a broken wreck, its winding ...
Behind the Visuals of ‘Planet of the Apes’
As Caesar sits astride a horse rallying his legions to battle you'd be forgiven for thinking you were watching a ...
Jihadists Battle Libya Forces In ‘liberated’ Benghazi
Jihadists are still battling Libyan forces in Benghazi days after strongman Khalifa Haftar and his self-styled army declared victory in ...
Gambian Army ‘hostile Elements’ Working Against Government
The head of a West African force maintaining security in The Gambia told AFP Friday that army officials loyal to ...
Absence of Victims Leaves Holes In Juba Hotel Trial
Witnesses described looting and finding a dead body, but the trial of 12 soldiers accused of raping foreign aid workers ...
Libya Forces Corner Jihadists In Benghazi District
Forces loyal to east Libya strongman Khalifa Haftar said Wednesday they have cornered the last jihadists in a neighbourhood of ...
Reflections On Ghana’s Republic Day
Ghana achieved republican status on July 1, 1960, and that marked an event of profound historical and political significance. After ...
Mosul Victory In ‘days’ As Pressure On IS Mounts
Iraq will declare victory over the Islamic State group in Mosul during the "next few days," a senior commander said ...
Italy Threatens To BAN Migrant Vessels Amid ‘unsustainable’ Influx
Italy has threatened to close its ports to aid groups rescuing migrants off Libya's coast as it struggles to cope ...
DR Congo To Probe Ex-Minister’s Suspected Role In Kasai Violence
Parliament in the Democratic Republic of Congo has authorised the state prosecutor to probe alleged involvement by a former minister ...
Boko Haram Clashes Kill Eight Chad Soldiers
Eight Chadian soldiers were killed in fierce fighting with Boko Haram insurgents at the weekend on islands on Lake Chad, ...
Pentagon’s Nuke-Proof ‘Doomsday’ Planes Damaged By Tornado
Two of the Pentagon's specially reinforced "Doomsday" planes, designed to withstand the heat from a nuclear blast, were grounded after ...
Syria Hotline For US and Russia Still In Use
Russian and US military officials are still using a special hotline to communicate about operations in Syria, a US official ...
Civilian Killed At Funeral For Slain Kashmir Rebels
A civilian was killed and several wounded Thursday in Indian-administered Kashmir when security forces opened fire on a crowd gathered ...
Deep In Mosul, US Forces Support Iraq’s Fight
In a once-plush house in west Mosul, a handful of US soldiers watch on as an Iraqi commander barks orders ...
Was Upper Denkyira West DCE Right After All?
It was Tuesday 30th May 2017. Many Ghanaians had woken up to viral videos of the gruesome killing of a ...