Counterterrorism
Friday, November 8, 2013 - 08:47
The African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN) in Central African Republic (CAR) and South Sudan have again appealed the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fighters to give up their rebellion. The AU Special Envoy for the LRA, Francisco Madeira and the UN Special Representative Abou Moussa, urged rebels to heed to public media messages to surrender.
Friday, November 8, 2013 - 08:23
South Sudan has deployed hundreds of soldiers to Western Equatoria to root out Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fighters suspected of carrying out deadly attacks in the state this week, army spokesman Philip Aguer said Thursday.
Friday, November 8, 2013 - 07:44
U.S. military planners continue their discussions on a possible of expansion of efforts in Africa to capture the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, Joseph Kony.
Friday, November 8, 2013 - 07:25
Nigeria said it needed help from Cameroon to police their shared border as it seeks to win a drawn-out battle to crush Boko Haram Islamist militants, a Nigerian official said.
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 09:11
Deep disagreements remain on funding, and about whether it would function as another prison or as a halfway house for detainees to reenter society after years of confinement and isolation.
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 09:08
Among these factors is the kingdom's security co-ordination with its allies and its "long experience in countering terrorism and its acclaimed international contribution to this issue", she said.
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 09:02
Both attacks have been claimed by the Furkan Brigades, a new militant jihadist group operating in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, though no significant damage was recorded in either incident.
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 09:00
Nigeria's president asked legislators Wednesday to extend for another six months the state of emergency in three northeastern states that have been bloodied by attacks by the armed Islamic group Boko Haram.
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 08:29
Ali Muhsin Ali is a quiet, unassuming 17-year-old Kenyan schoolboy from the capital, Nairobi, whose world was turned upside down on 7 October.
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 07:35
On page 63 of the Sunday Sun of November 3, 2013, Niger Delta militant Dokubo-Asari is reported as saying that, in 2015, Jonathan will rule “with or without elections”. He further castigated the political adviser to President Jonathan, saying: “Gulak is an enemy of the president. He is promoting the Gambari interest at the expense of the president.” Dokubo even said, “Every blessed day that I wake up, it is my prayer that Nigeria should disintegrate.”