Terrorism
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 09:14
The Lebanese Army is not under Hezbollah’s control despite criticism from some groups, and international support for the military is critical, President Michel Sleiman said in remarks published Tuesday.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 08:48
Remarks by Kenya's foreign minister on the alleged nationalities of those militants involved in the Nairobi mall attacks.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 08:41
Security forces mount assault on Kenyan shopping centre where al-Shabab fighters are holed up.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 13:26
Somalia's al-Shabab militants have said they carried out the attack on a Nairobi shopping centre in "retribution" for Kenya's efforts to help the Somali government. Kenyan troops are part of the African Union force in the country. Despite losing ground, al-Shabab remains a potent threat as the BBC's Mark Doyle reports from Kismayo - once the group's main base.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 13:24
A senior figure in the Somali militant group al-Shabab has told the BBC it carried out a deadly attack on a shopping centre in neighbouring Kenya.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 13:16
Last month, we Nigerians received some startling news from the army: Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the militant Islamist group Boko Haram, which has killed some 3,000 people in northern Nigeria over the last four years, “might have died.”
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 13:10
Huge columns of black smoke poured out of the besieged mall in Nairobi on Monday afternoon as Kenyan forces moved in for a major assault against heavily armed Islamist militants who stormed the mall Saturday, slaughtering dozens of civilians and taking hostages.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 11:43
Kenyan forces have secured an upscale Nairobi shopping mall, killing three suspected terrorists and promising to "punish" any others they encounter, following a three-day hostage standoff with an al Qaeda-linked rebel group that has killed at least 62 people and injured 175, police said.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 11:30
Kenya's military launched a major operation at an upscale Nairobi mall and said it had rescued "most" of the hostages being held captive by al-Qaida-linked militants during a two-day standoff that killed at least 68 people and injured 175.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 11:24
The ferocious armed political movement known as the Shabab is on the ropes in Somalia, losing territory and influence in its home country.