Counterterrorism
Monday, August 26, 2013 - 13:06
A group of men suspected of being involved in the recent wave of assassinations and attacks in Benghazi has been arrested and sent to Tripoli, the Libya Herald has learned.
Monday, August 26, 2013 - 09:18
The claims seem almost certainly aspirational, but may all the same signal a new strategy for the IMU.
Monday, August 26, 2013 - 08:16
When bullets tore through the streets of Kismayo in June, leaving over 70 dead as rival militias twice fought for control of the Somali port city, many international aid agencies halted a cautious scale-up of activities.
Monday, August 26, 2013 - 08:03
Abuja — The leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, may have died a traumatic death.That was the picture security forces painted at the weekend. From the vast forests of Sambisa, Borno State, where he was reportedly shot and sustained injuries in June during a raid on his hideout by military forces, he was said to have been taken to Mali for treatment by the Boko Haram top hierarchy.
Monday, August 26, 2013 - 07:49
Nigeria's military says Abubakar Shekau, the leader of militant Islamist group Boko Haram, may have died of a gun-shot wound sustained during an assault by government forces on his forest hide-out in north-eastern Nigeria last month. Nigeria analyst Andrew Walker assesses the implications of the claim.
Monday, August 26, 2013 - 07:38
The U.N. is being dragged into a mission in Mali likely to involve state-building as much as peacekeeping, as France looks to reduce its military footprint in the vast and poor Sahel state after defeating an Islamist rebellion.
Monday, August 26, 2013 - 06:41
The interior minister says Nigeria has deported 22,000 illegal migrants to neighboring countries in a crackdown related to an Islamic uprising in the northeast.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 09:25
Israeli warplanes struck a target south of Beirut early Friday, a day after militants fired four rockets into northern Israel, the Israeli military and a Palestinian official said.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 07:17
The U.S. Department of State has designated Mohamed Lahbous as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) under an executive order that targets those linked to terrorism.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 07:10
The United States Department of State has designated Mohamed Lahbous a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.