CHAD – Boko Haram Insurgents Attack a Chadian Military Base Killing 92 Soldiers
THE ATTACK IN THE BOMA PENINSULA LASTED FOR SEVEN HOURS AND CHADIAN MILITARY EQUIPMENT WAS CAPTURED BY THE INSURGENTS
MOZAMBIQUE – Cabo Delgado Region, Salafi-Jihadi Insurgents Attacked Mocimboa de Praia
THE MILITANTS CALL THEMSELVES AL-SHABAB ALTHOUGH IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER THEY ARE LINKED TO THE ALQAEDA AFFILIATED SOMALI MOVEMENT
MALI – Dozens of Soldiers Killed in an Attack in Tarkint Town
THE ATTACK REPRESENTS THE DEADLIEST ONE REGISTERED IN 2020 IN THE COUNTRY, WITH 29 SOLDIERS KILLED IN ACTION
KENYA – Government Blocks Entry to Non-Residents to Tackle COVID-19 Outbreak
NOW 25 COUNTRIES IN AFRICA REPORTED CORONAVIRUS CASES COMPARED WITH JUST NINE INFECTIONS A WEEK AGO
SPAIN – State of Emergency to be Implemented from Saturday March 14th
MEASURES WILL INCLUDE LIMITATIONS OF MOVEMENT, POSSIBLE EVACUATIONS AND RESTRICTION OF ACCESS TO CERTAIN AREAS AND PLACES
USA – Concerns about the US Ability to Contain COVID-19 Outbreak
“THE COVID-19 SITUATION IN THE US IS GOING TO GET WORSE”, DR ANTHONY FAUCI, DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
KENYA – Kenyan Community of Mandera Affected by Clashes in Close Somali Territory
THE MANDERA TRIANGLE CONSTITUTES A TERRITORIAL POINT OF CONTENTION BETWEEN KENYA, SOMALIA AND ETHIOPIA AND HAD ALREADY WITNESSED BORDER CLASHES IN THE PAST
ITALY – Government Extended Quarantine Measures to Entire Peninsula to Fight COVID-19
PUBLIC GATHERING WILL BE BANNED AND MOVEMENT RESTRICTIONS WILL BE ADOPTED UNTIL APRIL 3RD
WEST AFRICA – ISIS and al-Qaeda Collaboration to Expand Their Influence in the Sahel
ACCORDING TO BOTH LOCAL AND US OFFICIALS, THE GROUPS’ INFLUENCE IS INCREASING AND REPRESENTS A THREAT FOR REGIONAL SECURITY
PHILIPPINES – Philippine Army Attacks Abu Sayyaf Militants in Sulu Province
A MILITARY RESCUE OPERATION WAS LAUNCHED AFTER THAT THE SALAFI-JIHADI TERRORIST GROUP KIDNAPPED INDONESIAN FISHERMEN AND A FILIPINO DOCTOR IN THE PROVINCE
