Jordan Fears Iraq Jihadist Fight May Spill over

The Sunni militant offensive in Iraq has sparked fears in Amman that they will take the fight to Jordan, which is already struggling with its own home-grown Islamists. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a powerful jihadist group that controls key areas of Syria, has seized a swathe of Iraqi territory in a lightning offensive Baghdad's forces seem powerless to halt.

Experts fear Jordan could be one of ISIL's next targets, with YouTube videos purporting to show the group threatening to take jihad there. Already reeling under the impact of hosting more than 600,000 Syrian refugees, Jordan has long faced security challenges in dealing with its own jihadists, many of whom have joined ISIL and other Al-Qaida-linked groups in Iraq and Syria.

UPDATES: BREAKING: Egypt upholds 183 death sentences including Brotherhood chief

Largest mass death sentence to be confirmed in Egypt in recent memory

Egypt court upholds death sentences for 182 Brotherhood supporters, including Supreme Guide.

Minya Criminal Court upheld the death sentences on Saturday of 182 Muslim Brotherhood supporters, including the Brotherhood's Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie.

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An Egyptian court, Minya Criminal Court on Saturday confirmed the death sentences of more than 180 alleged Islamists, including the top leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, lawyers said.

Lawyers say the ruling can be overturned on appeal. It was not immediately clear how many sentences had been confirmed, with the attorneys giving estimates ranging from 182 to 197. In either case, it would be largest mass death sentence to be confirmed in Egypt in recent memory.

More than 100 Killed in Boko Haram Attack In Borno As 20 Boko Haram Members Arrested By Youths

More than 100 persons were reportedly killed during Tuesday's attack on three border communities with Cameroon during an insurgency attack by members of Boko Haram sects.


The Tuesday's attack, it was learnt was a retaliatory one on the three villages of Attagara, Agapalawa and Aganjara in local government area of troubled Borno state. A resident of Maiduguri, who lost his brother in the attack, told journalists on condition of anonymity that the armed men dressed in military camouflage drove into the three communities of Attagara, Agapalawa and Aganjara in the Gwoza Local Government, northeast Borno State, in military vehicles.

They subsequently gathered the unsuspecting villagers and opened fire on them.
Gwoza is located on the southeast of Borno state and about 135 kilometres away from Maiduguri, the capital of the state presently ravaged by Boko Haram insurgency.

Breaking: #BringBackOurGirls: Concern Citizens of Nigeria (CCN) Protest in Osun state

Following the yet to know where about of the abducted schoolgirls of Government Secondary Girls School in Chibok, Borno state by the Boko Haram Islamist Militias, the Concern Citizens Of Nigeria (CCN), Osun State chapter protested the abduction on Wednesday.

The group which comprises, Youth Movements, Student Bodies, Market Women, Traders and many other Concerned individuals called on the Federal Government to by all means bring back the abducted school girls that are have been kidnapped since three weeks ago and including those reportedly kidnapped on Monday in Borno state.

The Procession of the protest rally started at the Freedom/Mandela park through Orita Olaiya and ended at the Osun state police command headquarters, where the protesters position were submitted to the state commissioner of police who also promised to convene the messages through the appropriate quarters to the Federal Government.

Despite state of emergency, NEMA says over 1,000 people has been killed in Boko Haram conflict this year

More than 1,000 people have been killed so far this year in three states in northeastern Nigeria worst hit by Boko Haram violence, according to the country’s main relief organisation. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) figures are the starkest indication yet of the increase in bloodshed in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe that have caused growing concern.