Militants killed in Tunisia mountains

The first African Mountains Regional Forum has started at Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge in Arusha, Tanzania. The three-day forum to take place from October 22-24 is to provide an opportunity for different sustainable mountain development stakeholders to enhance understanding of common conservation and development issues in the region.
The forum is organized by the Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS) and the Africa Mountain Partnership Champions Committee (AMPCC) in partnership with the East...

Around 39 people are believed to have been killed in an attack on a north-east Nigerian town by Islamist militants.

At least two senior commanders from the Islamist militant group al-Shabab have been killed in a drone strike in south-west Somalia, residents say.

Mogadishu, Sunday. Al shabaab militants launched a major suicide attack on Sunday against a military intelligence base in the capital Mogadishu, setting off a car bomb before storming inside, security officials said.

A friend at Kibong’oto, Lilian, assured me that we would walk up to the mountains of Old Moshi to visit her parents. So, one Saturday morning we took a taxi to Bomang’ombe, which is half way between Kibong’oto and Moshi.

Troops in Somalia have retaken the Galgala mountains from al-Shabab Islamist militants, the regional administration tells the BBC.

Massive fires have continued to rage at Uluguru Mountains for five consecutive days yesterday and efforts by conservationists to put it off appeared to have yielded no fruit.

>When a small matter is exaggerated, cognitive psychologists call it magnification. A good example is paranoia. Irrational fear and worry. An accidental incident becomes an intention. Misinterpretation. Drug addicts know this very well.

After driving for five hours from Arusha recently, I arrived in Same town on the Dar es Salaam highway and later drove over 40 kms deeper in the South Pare Mountains.