Terrorism
Thursday, December 12, 2013 - 05:57
A grenade has been thrown at British tourists in Mombasa, Kenya, but failed to explode, police have said.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 11:29
Gulf Arab states demanded foreign militias quit Syria and said President Bashar al-Assad must have no future role Wednesday, in a declaration his Iran- and Hezbollah-backed regime denounced as meddling.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 09:55
Security forces in Kismayo Monday (December 9th) collected more than 200 undetonated explosive devices during a clean-up operation in the Via Afmadow neighbourhood, UN-funded Radio Bar-Kulan reported.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 07:40
Aid agencies paid Somali militant group Al-Shabaab for permission to deliver aid in areas controlled by the Islamist group during a famine, a report by two think-tanks said on Monday.
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 10:24
Is stability returning to Somalia when Islamist militant group the Shabab still controls much of its territory?
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 10:21
“Organized criminal networks are cashing in on the elephant poaching crisis, trafficking ivory in unprecedented volumes and operating with relative impunity and with little fear of prosecution,” says Tom Milliken .
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 09:56
Blast at the entrance to heavily-fortified compound of the presidential palace has killed MP Warsame Faysal.
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 08:25
Brazen al Qaeda attacks on top government targets in Yemen are unlikely to abate while security services remain divided, ill-equipped and infiltrated by militants, and efforts to repair the country's fractured political life remain stalled.
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 08:04
The explosion took place in Buhriz, 60 km (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, close to a cafe popular with members of the government-backed Sunni Muslim Sahwa militia.
Friday, December 6, 2013 - 12:34
U.S. State Department Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf discusses the death of a U.S. citizen in Benghazi, engagement with political groups in Syria, the attack on the Yemeni Defense Ministry, the Egyptian draft constitution, and UNSC-backed French intervention in the Central African Republic.