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Two roadside bombings near Sheikh Zuweid in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, kill three Egyptian Army troops and wound 10 others. Separately, Egyptian military raids on Sheikh Zuweid kill four Islamist militants.
2020-12-17

Suspected Islamist militants kill 13 people during raids on two villages in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the army and a village chief report. It is the latest of such attacks that the United Nations says may be war crimes. The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) have killed more than 1,000 people since 2019, according to UN figures.
2020-08-22

Islamist militias capture a special forces base in Benghazi.
2014-07-30

Islamist militias attack the Zintan Brigade which controls Tripoli International Airport triggering fierce clashes that result in six deaths.
2014-07-13

Libya's deputy intelligence chief Mustafa Noah is kidnapped outside Tripoli airport.
2013-11-17

Seven French tourists are kidnapped by gunmen near Waza National Park in northern Cameroon, near the border with Nigeria. President of France François Hollande states that the Islamist group Boko Haram may be responsible.
2013-02-19

The Military of Mali recaptures the town of Konna three days after French jets drove out Islamist militants.
2013-01-18

Three explosions and gunfire are heard in the northeastern Nigerian town of Maiduguri after suspected Islamist sect Boko Haram attack police stations.
2011-06-7

Kenya arrests six Somali Islamist al-Shabaab fighters in the border town of Mandera.
2011-03-6

Over 100 people are killed in battles throughout Somalia between Islamist rebels and African Union forces over the past three days.
2010-12-5