Terrorism
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 11:21
Militants who attacked a shopping mall in Nairobi made active use of Twitter to broadcast their goals, leading the company to try to shut their accounts, in a behind-the-scenes struggle over access to the short-message service.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 11:08
The militants who struck at the heart of Nairobi could scarcely have picked a target that would attract more international attention than the Westgate shopping mall.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 11:04
The attack on the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi by Islamist militants from the Somali-based al-Shabaab terrorist group is a direct product of the long-running failure of western powers and African Union countries to end more than 20 years of anarchy in the "failed state" of Somalia. But it also reflects the outcome of a brutal power struggle within al-Shabaab that has brought the group's hardline global jihadist wing to the fore.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 10:55
The White House is under pressure to ramp up counterterrorism action against al-Shabab in Somalia following the al-Qaida-linked group's deadly attack on an upscale Kenyan shopping mall that has killed and injured dozens, including Americans.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 10:53
The Somali terrorist group al-Shabab has entered the second day of a siege on the popular Westgate shopping mall in an upscale neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya. Nearly 70 people have been killed, including at least four Westerners and one retired United Nations official.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 10:37
Dressed in full military fatigue and armed with anti-aircraft guns, rocket propelled grenades (RPGs) and a fleet of armoured tanks that they stole from Nigerian soldiers, the Boko Haram insurgents now stage bolder attacks and even overrun federal troops in northeast Nigeria.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 08:40
A roundtable discussion of the weekend's terrorist attack in Nairobi, Kenya.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 08:37
U.S. Secretary of State denounces the al-Shabaab attack on a shopping mall in Kenya.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 08:28
Readout of President Obama's call with President Kenyatta of Kenya, expressing condolences over the weekend's attacks in Nairobi.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 08:17
Spokesperson Marie Harf addresses Yemeni condemnation of recent attack, Syria's plan to submit its chemical weapons, Venezuela's air space over Puerto Rico, Sudanese President Bashir's visa request, Iranian sanctions and President Rouhani's Op-ed article, Armenia's Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and other issues.