Terrorism
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 09:33
Forty students died and five others were injured when gunmen suspected to be members of the Islamic sect Boko Haram opened fire on the dormitory of the College of Agriculture in Gujba in Nigeria's northern state of Yobe on Sunday, hospital officials said.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 09:32
Many students are feared to have been killed when gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members attacked the College of Agriculture in Gujba, Nigeria's northern Yobe State, in the early hours of Sunday.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 08:25
The news from Nairobi over the last few days has been appalling. But, given the frequency of Al Shabaab’s grenade-throwing over the past 18 months, the attack shouldn’t have come as much of a surprise to watchers of the region. Yet, despite the magnitude of the death toll, the Kenyan government has shown a remarkable sangfroid, both in managing the crisis and taming the potential for ethnic flare-ups.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 08:04
SITE monitoring website publishes video it says was released by kidnappers of Francis Collomp.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 08:01
The bombers let off explosives on Saturday in a car in front of army camp in the desert city of Timbuktu.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 07:54
Raid on college dormitory in Gujba in Yobe state is latest in a series of violent incidents blamed on Boko Haram.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 07:48
Leaked intelligence report suggests security alert about possible attack on Westgate shopping centre was ignored.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 07:20
Dozens of suspected al-Qaeda fighters have captured a Yemeni army base in the southeast of the Arabian peninsula country, a military official said.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 06:34
Lebanon has held a security meeting on Saturday after clashes between militants of the powerful Shiite Hezbollah movement and members of a Sunni clan that left five people killed in the eastern city of Baalbek.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 06:26
It was the second time this week that Hezbollah has handed control of its checkpoints to the army, after the military also deployed in the southern suburbs of Beirut.