Counterterrorism
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 06:27
Cameroonian troops crossed the border into the country, killed about 150 villagers, burned their huts and forced them to flee, Nigerian refugees said Tuesday after walking for days to reach a refugee center.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 06:22
Niger has agreed to transfer hundreds of prisoners from the militant Islamist group Boko Haram back to their home country of Nigeria to reduce pressure on its crammed prisons, judicial sources said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 06:19
Nigeria's government has vowed to end the Boko Haram insurgency by this month but the deadline looks likely to be missed as attacks persist with little sign of an effective regional response.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 06:40
A U.S. citizen who fought for the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab surrendered to authorities in the Horn of Africa country after he defected from the militants, a Somali official said on Monday.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 06:18
Shallow graves with 12 corpses including a woman's have been discovered in Lethe area of Arabia Ward in Mandera East constituency sparking fear of a return of extra-judicial killings in an area where police and military forces have been battling Al Shabaab militants.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 06:12
The Pentagon said on Monday the U.S. killed a senior leader of the al-Shabaab extremist group last week, in an airstrike in Somalia. The spokesman also said the U.S. had confirmed that a 13 November airstrike killed a senior Islamic State leader in Libya known as Abu Nabil.
Monday, December 7, 2015 - 06:59
The report examines the illegal trade in sugar and charcoal, and finds that senior KDF figures are involved in both. Even worse, in doing so they are collaborating with al-Shabaab, and providing the militant group with a vital source of revenue.
Monday, December 7, 2015 - 06:50
KDF jets yesterday carried out aerial bombing of two al Shabaab camps in Somalia's Lower Shabelle. This was hardly 12 hours after US drones hit and destroyed other camps in the south of the country.
Friday, December 4, 2015 - 09:25
Witnesses
His Excellency Husain Haqqani
Director for South and Central Asia
The Hudson Institute
Daniel S. Markey, Ph.D.
Senior Research Professor
School of Advanced International Studies
Johns Hopkins University
Mr. Henry D. Sokolski
Executive Director
Nonproliferation Policy Education Center
George Perkovich, Ph.D.
Vice President for Studies
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Friday, December 4, 2015 - 06:54
U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria James Entwistle said his country had concluded plans to send a team to Nigeria by January, as part of the Security Governance Initiative (SGI) effort.