Counterterrorism
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 09:23
This week marks the twentieth anniversary of the Battle of Mogadishu. On October 3, 1993, eighteen U.S. Army Rangers and Delta operators were killed in the wake of a daytime extraction of a Somali warlord gone awry.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 09:19
Media commentary on the now-concluded siege of the Westgate mall in Nairobi demonstrates widespread recognition that a major shift has occurred in al Shabaab’s targets and threat-level. Where the media seems to slightly misinterpret the attack is explaining Westgate as a sudden dramatic increase in al Shabaab’s abilities. More than a dramatic jump in capacity, the attack shows a change in focus and motivation by al Shabaab’s core planners.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 08:59
Bakyt Zhumadilov, 37, was found guilty of propagating extremism and involvement in "activities aimed at inciting ethnic, racial, religious and interregional hatred."
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 08:58
government troops conducted early security operations that resulted to the arrest of many people in some suburbs of Mogadishu.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 08:53
Illicit ivory, kidnappings, piracy ransoms, smuggled charcoal, extorted payments from aid organizations and even fake charity drives pretending to collect money for the poor — the Shabab militant group has shifted from one illegal business to another, drawing money from East Africa’s underworld to finance attacks like the recent deadly siege at a Nairobi shopping mall.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 08:09
"The anti-terrorism special forces clashed with al Qaeda militants and killed a number of them," the official said.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 07:46
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel met at the Pentagon Friday with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to discuss a range of security issues including last week's terrorist attack on a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 10:38
Even as last weekend's horrific events in Nairobi were unfolding, a brutal and deadly war was being played out hundreds of miles to the north in Somalia
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 10:28
Governors of the 19 northern states, Sunday, charged security agencies to do all within their powers to halt the killing of defenceless citizens, and attacks on places of worship and educational facilities especially in the North East, by members of extremist sect, Boko Haram.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 10:27
President Goodluck Jonathan shocked Nigerians on Sunday when he declared that he did not know if the leader of the dreaded sect, Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, was dead or alive.