After several years of suspension, political parties in Burkina Faso have been formally dissolved by the military government, which has also seized all their assets in a move analysts say is a major blow for democracy in the West African nation. In a decree issued on Thursday, the government, led by Captain Ibrahim Traore, scrapped […]
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Do Donald Trump’s strikes in Nigeria serve any purpose? | Armed Groups News
The US president says air strikes are against ISIL, claiming the group targets Christians. “More to come”: Those are the words of United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after his country carried out a wave of air strikes against ISIL (ISIS) in northwestern Nigeria. Hegseth said the aim is to stop the group’s killing of […]
Explosion rocks crowded mosque in Nigeria, killing several people: Reports | Armed Groups News
The blast tore through a mosque in Maiduguri as worshippers gathered for evening prayers, witnesses say. Published On 24 Dec 202524 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share An explosion has ripped through a mosque in northeastern Nigeria as worshippers gathered for their evening prayers, killing and wounding several people, according […]
Top Armed Services Dem says Sept. 2 strike video would show Republicans’ description ‘completely false’
The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee said Sunday that surveillance video of U.S. military strikes targeting an alleged drug trafficking vessel in the Caribbean Sea on Sept. 2 would contradict how Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and other Republicans have described it. “When they [the survivors] were finally taken out, they weren’t […]