Four Al-Shabaab Terrorists Were Killed In Battle With Military Troops In Kenya

A soldier sustained injuries during the 9am incident at Milimani, near Baure, said Kenya Defence Force spokesman David Obonyo.
Soldiers recovered a rocket-propelled grenade, four AK-47 assault rifles, an improvised explosive device and two hand grenades.

Heavily armed militants had attacked a KDF camp at Mangai on Tuesday evening and contingents that pursued them caught up with them at Milimani.
Colonel Obonyo described the earlier incident as a “probing attack", usually conducted by enemy combatants to test troops preparedness.

He said: “Following the fire fight, four Al-Shabaab militants were killed. KDF wishes to assure the public that operations against the Al-Shabaab will continue until all the terrorists are eliminated to ensure that that the locals continue to enjoy peace and security.”

This is the second attack on security officers in barely two weeks.

Last week, on June 20, 2016, five police officers escorting a passenger bus from Mandera were killed by Al-Shabaab militants after their vehicle was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade near the Somalia border.
The militants stole three rifles and 180 rounds of ammunition.

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Prisoner escapes in Benin city

An inmate on Wednesday morning escaped from the court where he was taken to for his trial. The unidentified inmate, escaped from the watchful eyes of prison officials who took him and other inmates to court. The prisoner, an awaiting trial inmate in Oko medium prison, Benin, escaped at the premises of the state high court, Benin. A prison official who spoke with The reporter under the condition of anonymity, said prison warders have been sent to go after the escaped prisoner. Meanwhile, the spokesman of the Edo command of the Nigerian Prison Services (NPS), Mr Aminu Suleiman declined speaking to journalists on it. The spokesman, who could neither deny nor confirm the report, said he was not in a position to speak on the issue. Suleiman said that the state commander of the NPS, Mr Effiom Etowa, was out of the state on official assignment.

US Demands Immediate End To South Sudan Fighting

The United States demanded an immediate end to renewed fighting in the capital of South Sudan on Sunday, ordering all non-essential personnel out of the troubled country. "The United States strongly condemns the latest outbreak of fighting in Juba today between forces aligned with President Salva Kiir Mayardit and those aligned with First Vice President Riek Machar Teny, including reports we have that civilian sites may have been attacked," State Department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement.

Buhari Considers Hadiza Bala Usman As Head Of NPA

Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, has submitted Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman’s name to President Muhammadu Buhari to take over as the new managing director of NPA, says Reporter.Should Buhari approve the recommendation, Ms. Bala Usman, 40, will become the first female chief executive of a top tier federal government agency and of the NPA. She shall take over from Alhaji Habib Abdullahi, who was reinstated by Buhari in August 2015 as the managing director of NPA, after he had been shown the exit by former President Goodluck Jonathan in April 2015.

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