Simon Tisdall
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - 06:13
Despite electoral promises that Boko Haram would be eliminated within twelve months, the terror group still ranks as one of the most deadly and poses a serious security threat in the northern areas of the country.
Friday, March 25, 2016 - 06:25
The U.S.-backed military intervention that began one year ago has killed an estimated 6,400 people, half of them civilians, injured 30,000 more and displaced 2.5 million, according to the UN. Eighty per cent of the population, about 20 million people, are now in need of some form of aid.
Monday, March 9, 2015 - 06:24
But the new alliance, unilaterally proclaimed at the weekend by Boko Haram’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, is unlikely to amount to much in terms of immediate collaboration on joint operations. It may, in fact, be more of a cry for help, given a recent string of defeats sustained by Boko Haram.
Monday, October 7, 2013 - 09:18
It would be seen as a serious setback if Westgate mall plotter Ahmed Adbi Godane was the intended prize in Barawe.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 11:04
The attack on the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi by Islamist militants from the Somali-based al-Shabaab terrorist group is a direct product of the long-running failure of western powers and African Union countries to end more than 20 years of anarchy in the "failed state" of Somalia. But it also reflects the outcome of a brutal power struggle within al-Shabaab that has brought the group's hardline global jihadist wing to the fore.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 - 00:00
Tidying up after Bush is a difficult job - and his legacy could still hinder Obama's chances at the Summit of the Americas