Counterterrorism
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 10:24
The military authorities has rejected the definition by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that the ongoing counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency efforts against Boko Haram Islamic sect was a civil war, since it was not a symmetrical conflict by defined combatants.
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 10:20
In September 2013 a 19-year-old woman escaped from the clutches of Boko Haram. They had held her captive for three months in Borno state’s Gwoza Hills, an extension of the Mandara Mountains in north-east Nigeria that borders Cameroon’s far north. Boko Haram, which controls some villages there, abducted the woman because she is a Christian.
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 09:52
A Malian man wanted by the United States for killing a U.S. diplomat in Niger in 2000 and convicted for a deadly attack on Saudi tourists there in 2009, has been arrested by French forces in northern Mali, Niger said on Thursday.
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 08:55
Authorities have imposed a 24-hour curfew in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri after an attack by suspected Boko Haram militants.
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 08:46
Military action in Mali may soon be over, but the job of protecting the Sahel from terrorists and traffickers is just getting started.
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 08:32
The security sources said Sinai’s eastern region has been cleared of by about 80 percent of armed militants, adding that terrorist elements have started to flee to provinces at the Nile Delta region.
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 08:31
A senior commander of the Lord's Resistance Army and 13 of his rebel fighters have been killed in Central African Republic, a Ugandan government official said Sunday.
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 08:26
According to daily Le Jeune Independant, the plan called 'zero risks' will guarantee the security of European and American tourists who traditionally choose the South to spend their winter holidays.
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 07:39
Beyond engaging in necessary efforts to resolve the immediate political crisis, actors from across the national spectrum should implement security and socio-economic measures to reduce the permeability of the country’s borders.
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 07:37
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has agreed to set up a unified police force to protect member countries from organised crime and terrorism.