A rebel group has claimed a series of mortar attacks launched overnight on the airport of Bujumbura, Burundi's economic capital, a day before President Evariste Ndayishimiye was due to fly out for ...

JOWHAR, Somalia - The Al-Shabaab militants fired mortar shells at Burundi troops base in central Somalia on Tuesday night, it has now emerged, in the latest attack targeting security forces in Somalia ...

After excavation, the team confirmed that the mortar had exploded, removed the remaining shrapnel and returned the area to its owner who can now cultivate it without fear of injury.