Terrorism
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 07:52
Moktar Belmoktar, the leader of the terrorist group behind a deadly siege on a remote gas plant in the Algerian desert in January which left 37 foreign workers dead, has surfaced in a new video, quashing claims that he was killed by African forces in northern Mali in March.
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 07:18
Heavy confrontations between the Raskmaboni militia and armed men believed to be Alshabab fighters occurred in the Kismayu airport last night.
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 07:06
It’s been 12 years since the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks and though al Qaeda’s leader, Osama bin Laden was killed more than two years ago, the group and its terrorist affiliates remain — populated in part by high-profile recruits straight from the American homeland.
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 06:40
An American citizen who broke ties with the Somali militant group al-Shabab is reported to have been killed by the group's fighters.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 08:47
Since the 1990s, East Africa has developed what appears to be an impressive security architecture. Katja Lindskov Jacobsen and Johannes Riber Nordby warn, however, that appearances can be deceptive. The region’s security institutions remain too nationalistic and self-interested for their own good.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 07:27
An attack by suspected Islamic sect members on a town guarded by a vigilante group in north-east Nigeria on Sunday killed at least 18 people and injured 17, residents and a government official said.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 07:08
The death toll in clashes between gunmen loyal to Central African Republic's former president and the ex-rebels who ousted him, rose to at least 73 following fighting on Monday, residents, government and a regional peacekeeping force said.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 06:57
EX-militant commanders in the Niger Delta region have warned the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, to call former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to order over his alleged plot to rob President Goodluck Jonathan of a second term in office.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 13:36
Two Ethiopian-based Eritrean opposition groups have agreed to join forces to carry out military attacks against the dictatorial Asmara regime, an opposition official told Sudan Tribune on Saturday.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 13:24
Armed men in Nigeria's southern Delta region have abducted Archbishop Ignatius Kattey, the country's second most senior Anglican cleric, police said on Monday, in a rare case targeting a religious leader.