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Monday, April 13, 2015
The violence across Africa, this time North Africa, did not skip the weekend with both Egypt and Libya seeing incidences attributed to ISIS affiliates that left more than a few dead, and of course there is Nigeria’s Boko Haram. In Egypt a bomb killed six soldiers and wounded two others in the North Sinai on April 12.
In a statement issued by the Egyptian army it was revealed that the attack was on an armored military vehicle in the town of Sheikh Zuweid. Two of the soldiers killed were officers, the statement from the army said.
The Sinai Province, the Sinai militants who pledged allegiance to ISIS, claimed responsibility for the attack in a post on their Twitter account.
In Libya the South Korean Embassy was attacked by unidentified gunmen, although later militants claiming loyalty to ISIS took credit for the attack. Reports have gunmen firing shots at the embassy in Tripoli on April 12, leaving two local guards dead and another wounded.
Most countries have pulled out diplomatic staff out of their embassies in Tripoli due to the security concerns as the civil war rages between the two rival governments and ISIS affiliates take advantage of the country’s chaos.
In eastern Libya reports have 10 dead in Benghazi as a result of fighting between army forces and Islamist groups over the weekend. The fighting, besides the 10 dead, left more than 50 dead.
Nigeria’s northern Islamist militants, the Boko Haram, reportedly left three dead after attacking a town over Cameroon’s border with Nigeria. The attack was said to have taken place near Dabanga in Cameroon’s far north region.
Cameroon’s border with Nigeria has seen attacks by the Boko Haram increase in frequency, leading the government to boost its defenses along the border.
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