Afghanistan: Truck bomb wounds at least 12

A truck bomb targeting the outer perimeter of police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan early on 7 December wounded at least 12 people, including seven policemen, hospital officials said. The governor of Nangarhar province, Saleem Khan Kunduzi, said the explosion was very powerful, damaging a number of nearby buildings. Dec 7, 2015

Cameroon: Military frees 900 Boko Haram hostages

Cameroons army, backed up by a regional task force, has killed at least 100 members of the militant Islamist Boko Haram group and freed 900 people it had held hostage, the west African countrys army and defence ministry said on Wednesday (2 December). Dec 4, 2015