Al-Shabab says British and Turkish troops landed on coastal town and engaged in firefight - a claim both nations deny.

Islamist fighters in Somalia say Western forces have carried out a raid on a militant base in the southern town of Barawe.

US special forces targeted a senior leader of the al-Shabab Islamist group in a raid in Somalia, US officials are quoted as saying by American media.

Car bomb goes off outside building that once housed US consulate, exactly one year after raid that killed US ambassador.

About 50 Islamist Boko Haram militants have been killed in Nigeria after the military tracked them and then raided their camps, an army spokesman says.

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Air raids in mountains near Algerian border said to target fighters suspected of killing eight soldiers last month.

Twenty-five armed fighters killed and injured in overnight raid, as army vows to restore order across country.

Army helicopters target armed groups after military confirms it was behind Friday's air raid that killed four fighters.

Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas and Hezbollah accused of 2011 prison raid that freed current Egyptian President.