Counterterrorism
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 07:09
The previously prevailing climate of instability had been a fertile environment for the actions of extremist groups such as Al-Qaida, and Yemen needs to implement a national strategy to combat terrorism.
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 07:04
Kerry said the fund aimed to create resources for local projects that would assist the fight against violent extremism across the world.
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 09:49
A man claiming to be leader of the Nigerian Boko Haram insurgents, Abubakar Shekau, on Wednesday vowed more attacks in the northern parts of the country until it installs and decrees strict sharia law in the country.
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 09:43
Since the beginning of the hostage taking in the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi on Saturday 21 September, the EU has been engaged to provide every possible support to the people of Kenya.
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 09:34
A document found after Somali troops killed Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, al Qaeda's former leader in East Africa and a senior Shabaab commander, details a plot to conduct multiple Mumbai-like attacks that target civilians in London. The plot highlights how al Qaeda and Shabaab seek to strike civilian targets outside Somalia, and foreshadowed Shabaab's attack on the Eastgate Mall in Kenya this week.
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 09:19
Algerian troops killed five Islamist gunmen east of the capital Friday, the defence ministry said, in the latest deadly violence to rock the restive Boumerdes province this month.
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 09:12
The Nigerian Army on Thursday said the recently released video by Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the Jamaatu ahlis sunnah lil daawati wall jihad, otherwise known as Boko Haram, is questionable.
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 09:02
Mali's newly elected President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita called on Thursday for nations in the Sahara region to create a regional multilateral force that could intervene quickly to respond to the ongoing Islamist threat across the area.
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 08:54
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said yesterday that the U.S. government is doing what it can to prevent young Somalis here and in western countries from joining Islamic militants in Somalia.
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 08:46
Last weekend’s hostage-taking — and the murder of at least 62 people — at the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, has its roots in the U.S. government’s intervention in Somalia, which began in the 1990s. Although there is no justification for killing innocents, it is fair to point out that al-Shabaab, the Islamist group that committed the attack on the mall and that controls parts of Somalia, would probably not be in power if not for the United States.