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Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 12:45
Moussa Faki, the Foreign Minister of Chad, has stated that his government was “not looking for [any] recognition or credit” for its role in the military intervention in Mali, but rather was concerned with “peace and security for the region”. Faki, speaking at Chatham House on 5th September, added that “what happened in Mali could happen in any state in the Sahel” and stressed the transnational nature of terrorism in the region. He added that due to combat experience gained during the Chadian civil war, the country’s armed forces had become highly professional and effective at operating in desert conditions.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 12:47
This is the first of a two-part investigative series on U.S. and French counterterrorism efforts in Niger. Part I examines Niger's emergence as a target of terrorist groups active in the Sahel region. Part II will examine the growing U.S. security presence in Niger, and the nascent tensions with France over how best to counter terror and bolster Niger's security.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 12:48
AT least 124 guns have been recovered from the districts of Napak, Amudat, Nakapiripirit, Moroto as well as parts of Teso, Bugisu and Sebei.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 12:50
700 officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army have been deployed on a peacekeeping mission to Liberia as part of the country's contribution to the United Nations peace mission in Liberia.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 12:54
Cognizant of the security challenges faced by countries in the Gulf of Guinea, the Cameroon Navy does not want to be caught napping in the fight against pirates who threaten the security of our national territory. Within this premise, a one-week military drill code-named "OCTOPUS 2013" grouping officers, sub officers and the rank and file of the navy took place off the coast of Limbe near Mabeta as from September 5.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 13:01
Officials in the Central African Republic say recent fighting in the northwest has killed at least 60 people and displaced tens of thousands more, as the security situation in that country continues to deteriorate. The latest clashes were between soldiers from the ruling rebel coalition and rival militias.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 13:03
The suicide bombings that killed 20 people at a Mogadishu restaurant on Saturday make it easy to presume that Somalia is still mired in bloody anarchy.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 13:06
On August 28, the red line in the escalating conflict between the DR Congo government troops and the mutinous M23 rebels was crossed; a soldier fighting in the conflict under the UN flag was killed.
When Maj. Hatim Shabaan Mushindo, a blue-helmet from Tanzania who was part of the 3000-strong UN Intervention Brigade arrived at the frontlines, it was the first time in the organisation’s history that it was sending a force into battle.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 13:08
Regional delegates to a peace conference for the Democratic Republic of Congo said all parties to the conflict should exercise maximum restraint.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 13:13
Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto formed an army prior to the elections in 2007 "to go to war for him", the prosecution has alleged at his trial.