Terrorism
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 12:18
The Office of the State Department Legal Adviser, the officials said, has strongly urged Mr. Verrilli to back Supreme Court intervention on behalf of Arab Bank.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 06:57
Suicide bombers suspected to be members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect riding in two Gulf cars on Tuesday rammed into two military patrol vehicles in Mole general area of Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 06:44
Last week’s attack on a Likoni church in the coastal city of Mombasa, and the subsequent Eastleigh blast in Nairobi, are grim reminders of the precarious state of Kenya’s security. If the current situation is not judiciously handled, it could easily be exploited and then morph into a sectarian conflict.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 08:10
Kenyan poachers squeezed by more effective wildlife protection have found work in the regional illegal charcoal trade run by the Islamist group al Shabaab to fund its terror-related activities, Kenyan and international police officials say.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 07:53
The human rights group Amnesty International said Monday that it had satellite images suggesting mass graves in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, following what witnesses have described as the large-scale execution of inmates by security forces at a military prison on March 14.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 07:52
Six people have been killed in explosions in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, officials say.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 07:36
Suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi on Monday challenged the federal government to produce evidence that he is a major financier of Boko Haram or stop malingering his reputation.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 07:18
On Feb 3, Saudi Arabia announced tougher punishments for Saudis seeking to join Islamist militant groups abroad and on March 7 the interior ministry designated a number of groups, including the Brotherhood, as terrorist organisations.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 13:32
The resolution from Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., chairman of the subpanel on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, gives the administration 90 days to present Congress with a new strategy to address the humanitarian crisis in Syria.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 13:16
He justified sending his forces to a foreign war by saying that Sunni rebel groups would eliminate everyone in Lebanon if they won in Syria, the Reuters news agency reported.