Iraq forces in west Mosul aim for key bridge

Battle for Mosul leaves residents with hearing loss.

EU counter-terror chief on battling the virtual caliphate and what to do with children of jihadists.

The leaders of West African nations have announced a plan to combat the growing problem of Islamist violence in the region. Jihadist groups have strengthened their presence across the arid Sahel region this year.

Action Against Hunger says abducted aid worker killed by jihadists in Nigeria

'Inside the filthy Syrian jail where 5,000 jihadists languish'

The death toll rose throughout Thursday as Iraqi authorities continued its bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters. Thousands have been wounded and hundreds killed in nearly two months of demonstrations.

Islamist militants killed 71 soldiers in an attack on a remote military camp in Niger near the border with Mali, an army spokesman said on Wednesday, in the deadliest raid against the Nigerien military in living memory.

After IS group rule, war-torn Iraqi city of Mosul looks to future

Kurdish female volunteers, from the newly formed Community Protection Forces, guard wheat fields following threats by jihadists to burn the crops, during harvest season near the city of Rmeilan in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province.

Armed extremists in Nigeria's northeast have murdered four aid workers and a security guard. The killers released a video in which they accused their victims of working for an infidel organisation. We speak to our correspondent. Also, South African restaurants already reeling from the effects of coronavirus restrictions are protesting a curfew and alcohol ban reintroduced last week. Plus, Ethiopia's largest lake is being taken over by the water hyacinth and there are fears the plant could cause problems at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

The sound of pre-dawn gunfire woke up heavily pregnant Aziza Falume in Islamist violence-torn northern Mozambique. With no choice but to escape, she gave birth while on the run.

Some 14 Iraqis who were disabled during the war against Islamic State in Mosul created a volleyball team with the aim to compete in international tournaments in the future.