Mail & Guardian (South Africa)
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - 06:33
The information revolution stands poised to bring new cyber security challenges to the forefront as African economies develop and access to technology expands.
Monday, April 18, 2016 - 06:26
The Namibian army has been exposed for violating United Nations sanctions against North Korea since 2006, severely denting Namibia’s international reputation as an exemplary African government.
Monday, April 27, 2015 - 09:20
Kenya police tightened security in the capital, Nairobi, on intelligence that suspected al-Shabaab militants are planning attacks on targets in the city including parliament, a spokesman for the legislature said. The action comes as the country’s main opposition party called for elections scheduled for 2017 to be brought forward because of deteriorating security and the government’s failure to address corruption.
Friday, April 24, 2015 - 07:00
Early this month, Muhammadu Buhari was elected Nigeria’s new president on the twin promise of increasing security and lowering corruption. With the world focused on countering terrorism, Buhari now has to show that he can also deliver quickly on rooting out political corruption.
Friday, January 16, 2015 - 07:05
Just two years ago the region was celebrating the ascent of the professional politician to power. What happened to their promise? Their decline looks to have coincided with the emergence of security and non-state actors without return addresses as the continent’s major concern.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 - 05:03
Approximately 70 to 100 people were slaughtered in Beni, the North Kivu provnce in the DRC last week by suspected Ugandan rebels.
Monday, November 10, 2014 - 05:50
Kenya’s war with al-Shabab in neighbouring Somalia entered its fourth year this month, with successes on the battlefront, but increasingly painful and costly spin-offs back home.
Friday, September 5, 2014 - 06:02
THERE is intense speculation in Somalia and beyond about whether a US drone strike on an Al-Shabaab convoy near the southern Somali coastal town of Barawe on Monday, September 1, killed the Somali militant group’s Emir (supreme leader) Ahmed Abdi Godane.
Monday, August 4, 2014 - 06:09
The states in Central-Sahelian region are weak, so the war against extremists there has become one between France and the Jihadists.
Monday, July 21, 2014 - 06:38
Seven people were killed when gunmen attacked a bus at the Kenyan coast where previous attacks had left 87 people dead, the Kenya Red Cross said.