Terrorism
Monday, November 4, 2013 - 09:45
Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed 70 people in three attacks in northeastern Nigeria in recent days, officials said on Monday, a sign that a military crackdown is failing to subdue the Islamist insurgency.
Monday, November 4, 2013 - 09:23
Al-Shabaab is pushing traditional elders from power in Somalia's Bay, Bakol and Lower Shabelle regions and elevating younger loyalists who back the militant group's doctrine.
Monday, November 4, 2013 - 09:10
Gunmen in north-eastern Nigeria have killed more than 30 people in a attack on a wedding convoy.
Monday, November 4, 2013 - 08:58
Four people have been charged over the siege at the Westgate shopping centre in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, in which at least 67 were killed, police say.
Monday, November 4, 2013 - 08:56
Somalia’s Al Qaeda linked Al Shabaab group said that it would increase terror campaigns against AMISOM troops amidst internal divisions and violent dispute within Al Shabaab ranks, Garowe Online reports.
Monday, November 4, 2013 - 08:44
Kurdish fighters have driven jihadists from 19 towns and villages across northeastern Syria in recent days, a week after capturing a key Iraqi border crossing, a monitoring group said Monday.
Monday, November 4, 2013 - 08:16
As investigators and forensic scientists sift through the rubble of the Westgate mall in Nairobi, Kenya, in search of answers to the numerous questions that surround the 21 September 2013 attack, even more questions are starting to emerge. The most important of these is how the four gunmen managed to evade Kenya’s intelligence services, had unlimited access to such an important facility and managed to take on the security agencies for four days. There are also questions around the implications of the incident and whether the death of 67 people and the many others that remain missing are a sign of worse things to come, or the last kicks of a weakening Al-Shabaab.
Monday, November 4, 2013 - 08:15
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, yesterday released a new video, in which he claimed that he personally led the attacks in Damaturu on October 24.
Monday, November 4, 2013 - 08:06
Mokhtar Belmokhtar's bloody attacks have brought him worldwide scorn, even from those he sought most to impress within al-Qaeda central.
Monday, November 4, 2013 - 08:04
Four terror suspects accused of being linked to the Westgate mall attack have been arraigned at the Milimani High Court today.