Counterterrorism
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 08:59
In particular, the participants of the meeting discussed the prospects of development of the situation in Afghanistan taking into account the upcoming withdrawal of International Security Assistance Forces from this country in 2014.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 08:42
The journalists, who were at the Lagos Federal High Court, yesterday, to cover the arraignment of the alleged 17 members of Boko Haram were greeted with humiliation and threat from men of the Department of State Services, DSS, that escorted the accused persons.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 07:53
France, UN and Mali start joint military operation against armed fighters across northern Mali following suicide attack.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 07:45
THE US yesterday said it will launch more assaults on al Shabaab cells in Africa following the Westgate Mall attack a month ago.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 07:43
French, Malian and UN troops have begun a “large-scale” military operation aimed at preventing a resurgence of Islamist organisations in Mali, the French military said Thursday, following a recent upswing in violence in the West African country.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 07:38
U.S. State Department Spokesperson Marie Harf discusses the kidnapping of American citizens in a Nigerian piracy incident, ongoing diplomatic tensions with Germany and Saudi Arabia, ongoing work in tracking the Benghazi attack perpetrators, the U.S.-Pakistani relationship with respect to counterterrorism, and a handful of issues in east Asia.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 07:31
The Nigerian military is intensifying its military campaign in the north of Nigeria. The move comes after several Boko Haram attacks and increased insecurity on trade routes in Northern Nigeria. Simultaneously, human rights organizations and several media outlets raised new concerns regarding human rights and the conduct of the Nigerian military.
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 13:39
A team of Islamic elders and bureaucrats is casting aside Nigeria's violent approach in fighting terrorism and trying something new: mass weddings.
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 13:38
A bloody insurgency tears at the fabric of Africa’s most populous nation.
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 13:34
Al Qaeda and its affiliates have been back in the news as of late due to high-profile attacks like the one on the shopping mall in Nairobi, as well as revelations of internal meetings and anticipatory Western actions like the closing of many U.S. embassies. These and similar incidents have led many to speak of a resurgence of the terror threat the Western world faces, with some going so far as to suggest that Al Qaeda has never posed a bigger threat to the West than it currently does.