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July 2, 2016: Al Shabaab mortar attack kills children in Somalia

On July 2, 2016 Al Shabaab launched mortars at the town of Baidoa killing two little girls and wounding 19.

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June 25, 2016: Grenade explosion at free concert in Madagascar

On June 25, 2016 a grenade explosion killed three people during Madagascar’s national day celebrations in the capital, Antananarivo.

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June 9, 2016: Suicide bombers attack Kiwi soldiers in Iraq

On June 9, 2016 ISIS claimed an attack near a military camp in northern Baghdad where 106 New Zealand soldiers were stationed

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June 6, 2008: LTTE hits two commuter buses in Sri Lanka

On June 6, 2008 bomb attacks on two commuter buses in Sri Lanka killed 22 people and injured another 100: the LTTE was suspected

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June 5, 2018: Machete attacks and a dawn raid in Mozambique

On June 5, 2018 jihadis hacked seven people to death with machetes and torched dozens of homes in the northern Cabo Delgado region of Mozambique

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Why the death of a terrorist group leader may not be as big as it seems

Killing a person is relatively straightforward: killing an idea less so.

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May 24, 2014: Suicide bombers target restaurant in Djibouti

On May 24, 2014 Al Shabaab claimed a suicide attack on a restaurant in Djibouti, killing one and wounding dozens.

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Are we REALLY seeing the end of global Islamist terrorism?

Reports that global Islamist terrorism is on the wane are inaccurate and dangerous: we have to keep our eye on this international security threat

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Quick Hits 161 – Labelling opposition parties as terrorists is dirty politics

African governments say that opposition leaders are terrorists to prevent them from running for office.

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April 21, 2004: Suicide bomber hits police building in Saudi Arabia

On this day in 2004, a suspected Al Qaeda suicide bomber detonated his vehicle at the gates of a government building in Riyadh killing five and wounding 148.