Terrorism
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - 07:20
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. General Kenneth Minimah is personally leading the war on the Boko Haram insurgents as troops advanced into the Sambisa Forest, Daily Trust learnt yesterday.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - 07:08
Despite the fact that Nigeria is not at war, Nigerians are now refugees in neighbouring countries as more than 57,000 people have fled to Cameroon, Chad and Niger Republic as a result of insurgency by Boko Haram, according to the United Nations.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - 07:06
An Al Qaida-linked website has called for the assassination of President François Hollande and French soldiers because of France's military interventions in Mali and the Central African Republic.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 13:05
A drone strike on Yemen's central Maarib province on Monday has killed a suspected al-Qaeda militant, local tribesmen told Reuters news agency.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 13:00
Lebanese militia Hizbullah has been employing Iranian-made drones along the border with Syria, according to recent media reports.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 12:58
BBC correspondents around the region describe below how Qatar is now viewed:
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 12:05
Spokesperson Psaki addresses human rights and the freezing of assistance in Egypt, and condemns the terror attacks. Also addressed is the Middle East Peace Process, the movement of chemical weapons in Syria, the cholera outbreak and UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti, and a dialogue to resolve issues in Saudi Arabia.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 08:08
The leader of the al Qaeda-aligned Islamist group al Shabaab has urged Somalis to wage holy war against Ethiopia, Somalia's Horn of Africa neighbor whose forces are preparing to lead an African Union offensive against the militants.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 07:52
The Somali National Army (SNA) and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have captured several strategic towns in southwest Somalia in a wide scale military offensive against al-Shabaab.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 07:47
The conflict between radical Islamists and the government of Nigeria is little noted in the United States compared with the attention paid to that in Somalia, where al-Shabaab militants have battled what little federal authority exists there for the past nine years.