Counterterrorism
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 09:19
Muhareb, 62, known by his alias Abu Mounir, was the main suspect and leader of a militant cell believed to be behind the August attack that killed 25 Egyptian police conscripts.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 09:04
The Nigerian Army yesterday demanded discipline from the youth vigilante group, popularly called Civilian JTF, which has been assisting security agents to smoke out Boko Haram insurgents from Borno State.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 08:38
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Azubuike Ihejirika yesterday said the Army authority has just acquired a cargo of new arms and ammunitions to fight terrorism.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 08:34
The Nigerian Army says it is prosecuting the current onslaught against insurgency with arms and ammunitions that are up to date.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 08:12
ACOTA is a program within the Office of Regional and Security Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs at the Department of State. It began as the Africa Crisis Response Initiative (ACRI) in 1997 with the mission of enhancing the capacity of African partner nations to participate in worldwide multinational peace operations. ACRI was restructured as ACOTA in 2002 and incorporated into the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) when GPOI was initiated in 2004 (http://www.state.gov/t/pm/ppa/gpoi/)
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 07:51
While security in some northern Mali towns has improved, continued sporadic attacks by militant groups in Timbuktu and Gao, as well as fighting between separatist Tuareg groups and Malian forces in Kidal, are still hampering some aid operations and keeping refugees from returning home.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 07:48
En Somalie, la guérilla contre les shebabs se poursuit. Il y a deux ans, l’Amisom, la force armée de l’Union africaine a pu repousser les rebelles islamistes hors de Mogadiscio, la capitale. Puis elle a récupéré le port de Kismayo, poumon économique du réseau shebab. Malgré cela, les rebelles continuent de faire des morts : attentats, embuscades, assassinats isolés. La guerre a changé de visage et la dernière ville à en avoir fait les frais est Beledweyne.
Monday, November 25, 2013 - 12:40
The Combating Terrorism Fellowship Program (CTFP) provides education to international security personnel as part of the global effort to combat terrorism. The U.S. Department of Defense program assists key countries in the war on terrorism by providing strategic and operational level education and training to mid- to senior-level foreign military and civilian officials with a direct role in combating terrorism. Policy oversight is provided by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict & Combating Terrorism while program execution and financial management is administered by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.
Monday, November 25, 2013 - 10:31
Then, on May 6, poachers from Sudan arrived. They gunned down at least 26 of the animals, hacked off their valuable tusks and left the bodies to rot.
Monday, November 25, 2013 - 09:49
The Ugandan police have cautioned against another possible attack from the Alshabab militia group in the country.