Counterterrorism
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 10:25
Troops operating in the North-East have ambushed a group of terrorists on a mission to penetrate and attack Goniri Community in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 10:22
On a dusty training ground in Niger, U.S. Special Forces officers teach local troops to deal with suspects who resist arrest. “Speed, aggression, surprise!” an instructor barks as two Nigeriens wrestle a U.S. adviser out of a car.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 10:19
Police ambush a vehicle laden with explosives and arrest two men in the coastal city of Mombasa.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 10:18
Commandant of Zimbabwe's National Defence College, Air Vice Marshal, Michael Moyo has said African countries must cooperate to fight the cancer of terrorism before it spreads across the continent.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 10:14
Kenyan police have arrested two men they say had explosives that were to be used in an attack.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 09:53
The United States is offering bounties of up to $3 million each for three members of Somalia's al-Shabab militant group.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 09:49
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) peace keeping force, which was joined by Ethiopian troops and is fighting alongside Somali government forces.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 09:40
“Asking for international assistance in this fight is not violation of Libyan sovereignty. What violates our sovereignty is the killing of these youth in cold blood,” Marghani stressed.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 09:37
The U.S. Department of State's Rewards for Justice program is offering rewards for information on three members of the Somalia-based terrorist organization Harakat Shabaab al-Mujahidin, al-Shabaab.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 09:33
Malian authorities are holding one of the country's most wanted Islamist fighters after he surrendered to French troops, a military source and French radio said on Sunday.