Counterterrorism
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 11:14
Egypt's military arrested a senior Jihadist leader Tuesday in the restive Sinai Peninsula, spokesperson Colonel Ahmed Mohamed Ali said Wednesday.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 10:10
Nineteen fighters from Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have surrendered following an offensive against the rebel group in the Central African Republic (CAR), the Ugandan army says.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 09:49
Gunmen killed five Kenyan policemen and wounded at least two others Tuesday (December 10th) in an ambush in the northeast border region close to Somalia, police said.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 09:43
African governments are hungry for models. In that sense learning from the Nigerian experience can help other states to nip nascent terror threats in the bud.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 09:38
The "Comprehensive National Counterterrorism Strategies" workshop aims to introduce participants to national and regional strategies for combating terrorism, the newspaper said.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 09:36
Six members of a terror cell were arrested last Thursday for planning an attack similar to the Sousse bombing of October 30th, interior ministry spokesman Mohamed Ali Aroui said.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 09:16
The French military says it has killed at least 19 extremists this week in an operation in the northern desert region near Timbuktu, one of the towns that was under al-Qaida control for much of 2012.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 09:11
Palestinian-born preacher, deported from the UK, pleads not guilty as his trial on terrorism charges opens in Amman.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 09:03
Missiles fired from a U.S. drone killed at least three people travelling in a car in eastern Yemen on Monday, a local official said.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 09:02
Only four men may have carried out the attack on a Kenyan mall that killed more than 60 civilians in September, and they probably escaped alive, according to an NYPD report made public Tuesday.