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Shanksville, US | DENG XIANLAI & XU JIANMEI – XINHUA |  The weather turned crisp and clear after a sudden downpour that sheeted the site in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where United Airlines Flight 93, the fourth plane of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, crashed 20 years ago, claiming all lives onboard. Windy …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Terrorist threats on the rise: UN report points at ADF, ISIL, al Qaeda THE LAST WORD Lokech; the passing of a giant: The life and work of the former Deputy Inspector General of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has called upon terrorists to surrender to security before they come for them. Museveni says his security forces will not hesitate to shoot and kill anybody suspected of engaging in terrorism as long as they try to resist arrest. This comes less …

Bamako, Mali | AFP | Twenty-four Malian soldiers and 17 jihadists fighters were killed in clashes in the east of the country, the army said, as security in the west African nation deteriorates further. Mali and Niger forces were carrying out a joint operation when a patrol was attacked Monday by …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said Wednesday that Islamists who stormed an upmarket hotel complex, killing 14 people, had been “eliminated” after an almost 20-hour siege in which hundreds of civilians were rescued. At least one suicide bomber blew himself up and gunmen engaged security forces in numerous shootouts during the …

IS claims first suicide attack in Somalia, kills 5 Mogadishu, Somalia | AFP | The Islamic State group has claimed its first suicide attack in Somalia, which police said Wednesday killed five people at a checkpoint in the northeastern port city of Bosaso. The group’s self-styled news agency Amaq claimed the …