Conflict
Monday, April 13, 2015 - 06:44
The Kenyan government on Sunday maintained it will not withdraw its troops from Somalia as being demanded by Somali militants. Deputy President instead urged Kenyans to be united in the fight against global terrorism.
Friday, April 10, 2015 - 07:15
The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived in Belize April 9, the first scheduled stop as part of the Continuing Promise 2015 (CP-15) mission.
Friday, April 10, 2015 - 06:55
Tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia deepened on Thursday as Iranian leaders lashed out with rare vehemence against the continuing Saudi air campaign in Yemen, even hurling personal insults at the young Saudi prince who is leading the fight.
Friday, April 10, 2015 - 06:41
Kavumu is just across Lake Kivu from Rwanda and near an office of the U.N. stabilization mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). Kavumu has a high crime rate and a low literacy level, according to human rights activists.
Friday, April 10, 2015 - 06:30
Four people were killed and nine others wounded in an apparent Sudanese airstrike on South Sudanese territory, a South Sudanese government official said Thursday. Sudan is to blame because it is the only neighboring country with "the history of this type of unprovoked attacks," said South Sudanese presidential spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny.
Friday, April 10, 2015 - 06:21
If the world has learned anything about Islamic fundamentalism in the last two decades it is that such revenge actions are utterly counterproductive. Indeed, they have superheated the hatred and fueled further attacks. Kenya’s leaders must take these attacks seriously, understand what they mean and devise smarter strategies and more effective tactics for dealing with them.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 07:19
A continuation of the highly discredited, top-down, ‘War-on-Terror’ approach will only exacerbate problems in Kenya and needs to be replaced by a more nuanced, locally-based, non-sectarian understanding.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 07:13
Without abandoning its Somali origins, Al-Shabaab tailored its tactics to appeal to local jihadists across East Africa. Its strategy of selective extremism means al-Shabaab looks and acts very different on different sides of the Somali border.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 07:00
Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen is seizing territory, exploiting the recent turmoil in the country to capture areas in what has become a broad expansion by the Sunni extremist group, Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter of the United States said on Wednesday.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 06:38
Washington has welcomed the muscular role Arab militaries are playing in Yemen and Syria, but their greater participation could also create a greater risk of a wider Sunni-Shia conflict across the Middle East.