Terrorism
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - 07:44
Jean-Yves Le Drian était en Mauritanie ce lundi, dernière étape de sa tournée ouest-africaine. Le ministre français de la Défense s'est entretenu avec le président Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz sur la lutte contre le terrorisme au Sahel. Il a assuré que la Mauritanie avait toute sa place dans le dispositif de la France dans la région.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - 07:03
The US has revealed it is flying manned surveillance missions over Nigeria to try to find more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - 07:01
Nigeria has insisted it will not agree to a request to free imprisoned Islamic militants in return for the release of dozens of kidnapped schoolgirls.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - 07:00
The Nigerian government is under increasing pressure to deal with Boko Haram militants who have been engaged in a violent campaign which has claimed thousands of lives since 2009.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - 06:58
Militant Islamist group Boko Haram has gained notoriety with the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria. What precisely does the group's name mean?
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - 06:55
Relatives and friends of the abducted Nigerian schoolgirls have identified some of them from a video released by Boko Haram Islamist militants.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - 06:17
Cohen had charged that Ajmi “has a history of promoting jihad. . . . In fact, his image has been featured on fundraising posters” for Jabhat al-Nusra, a group of Syrian opposition fighters that the Obama administration has designated a foreign terrorist organization.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - 06:16
His pseudo-journalistic reports were part of an accelerated propaganda campaign distributed on the Internet and aimed at helping the Qaeda affiliate here win a battle for hearts and minds that the group sees as increasingly vital to its survival.
Monday, May 12, 2014 - 12:21
Monday, May 12, 2014 - 12:05
Today marks a pivotal moment to reflect strategically on the myriad of growing concerns surrounding the Central African region, which risk its full implosion.