Al-Qaeda

11 killed, dozens missing after attack on Burkina Faso convoy
Burkina Faso condemns ‘barbaric, cowardly’ attack after fighters ambush an army-escorted resupply convoy in the Sahel.
Published On 28 Sep 2022
In Somalia, al-Shabab’s courts win more converts
More Somalis are losing faith in the country’s slow judicial process and are taking their complaints to the armed group.
Published On 14 Sep 2022
20 Yemeni southern separatists killed in al-Qaeda attack
Southern separatist forces say al-Qaeda kills 20 of its fighters, adding that six attackers were also killed in gunfight
Published On 6 Sep 2022
Australia PM says reduction of Bali bomber’s sentence upsetting
PM Albanese says potential release of Umar Patek, jailed over the deadly 2002 blasts, will ‘distress’ Australians.
Published On 19 Aug 2022

France announced withdrawal in February as relations with Bamako frayed in wake of military coups in 2020 and 2021.

Abdul Wali, also known as Omar Khalid Khorasani, was allegedly behind some of the deadliest recent attacks in Pakistan.

The killing will provoke a defiant Taliban response – but it could also provoke a huge internal crisis for the group.

Taliban representative to UN says the Afghan government and group’s leadership is ‘not aware’ of what is being claimed.

The killing may mark the end of al-Qaeda and the beginning of a very difficult period for its hosts in Afghanistan.

The West African country has been battling rebel groups, some linked to al-Qaeda and ISIL, in recent years.

Once the news cycle moves on, it will be business as usual for the US, the Taliban and even al-Qaeda itself.

The co-founder and former spokesperson for al-Shabab has been under house arrest since 2018.

People in Kabul neighbourhood where Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed say they are surprised but don’t know more than that.

A round-up of international reaction after the US said a drone strike had killed al-Zawahiri in Kabul.

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