Terrorism
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 11:23
President Goodluck Jonathan has admitted that Nigerian security forces still do not know where more than 200 abducted girls are being held.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 11:22
In a video sent to Agence France Press, Boko Haram warlord Abubakar Shekau claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of up to three hundred school girls from a boarding school in northeast Nigeria. Up to now, there has been silence as to which group perpetrated the deed.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 09:47
Hundreds of protesters marched in the streets of the Nigerian capital on Wednesday, demanding that the government do more to find scores of schoolgirls abducted by armed militants more than two weeks ago.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 09:43
A surge in the number of aggressive al-Qaida affiliates and like-minded groups the Middle East and North Africa poses a serious threat to U.S. interests and allies, the State Department said Wednesday in reporting a more than 40 percent increase in terrorist attacks worldwide between 2012 and 2013.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 09:32
Is Al Qaeda’s regional affiliate in West Africa dead, at least for now?
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 09:28
Up to $500 million worth of weapons intended for Libyan rebel fighters ended up in the hands of terrorists since the country’s uprising began in 2011, former senior military officials and current members of the intelligence community told TheBlaze.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 09:21
Many of Nigeria’s foreign friends have urged the Jonathan government to pursue a northern strategy that makes use of “softer” methods rather than a sole focus on “counter-terrorism” to respond to militants labeled “Boko Haram.”
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 09:03
The government seems to have renounced all responsibility for the dozens of schoolgirls abducted last week. Nigerians are used to such treatment – but by accepting it, they feed the monster that terrorises them.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 08:59
Some of the schoolgirls abducted by suspected militant Islamists in northern Nigeria are believed to have been taken to neighbouring states, a local leader has told the BBC.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 08:53
The Somali Federal Government troops launched a deadly assault on Al Shabaab-held area in Bakool region of southwestern Somalia, seizing the stronghold from the beleaguered Somali militant group according to witnesses, Garowe Online reports.