Counterterrorism
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - 06:31
Kenya's High Court has thrown out key aspects of a tough new anti-terrorism law after a legal challenge by the opposition. The government said the law was needed to counter the growing threat posed by militant Islamists.
Monday, February 23, 2015 - 08:14
Secretary of State John Kerry remarks with Costa Rican Foreign Minister Manuel Gonzalez Sanz
Monday, February 23, 2015 - 07:39
Thirty-seven people have died in an air strike in southern Niger, local officials say.
Monday, February 23, 2015 - 07:31
Nigeria’s military has announced it has recaptured Baga from Boko Haram, more than a month after the town was overrun in the worst massacre of the Islamist terror group’s six-year insurgency.
Friday, February 20, 2015 - 08:14
A lot has happened in the last years that has emboldened some of the extremists. It’s something that Pakistan is deeply concerned about. U.S. looks forward to continuing the cooperative effort on the economy as well as the cooperative effort in counterterrorism and democracy building.
Friday, February 20, 2015 - 07:34
Tashkent has been nervously contemplating the consequences of the effective end of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, which officially concluded on Dec. 31. The apparent consequences on Afghan internal security include the appearance of Middle Eastern militants from Syria and Iraq, yet another potential source of unrest for the Uzbek government.
Thursday, February 19, 2015 - 07:58
The rise of violent extremism represents the pre-eminent challenge of the young 21st century. Military force is a rational and often necessary response to the wanton slaughters of children, mass kidnappings of schoolgirls, and beheading of innocents.
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 - 10:14
As part of the State Department’s budget request for FY 2016 released on February 2, the Obama Administration is requesting a significant jump in security and one type of development aid to the Maghreb and Sahel countries of Africa to “address challenges to U.S. national security emanating” from the two sub-regions.
Friday, February 13, 2015 - 07:35
American military officials said the intelligence seized in the raid was possibly as significant as the information found in the computer and documents of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, after members of the Navy SEALs killed him in 2011.
Friday, February 13, 2015 - 07:19
The US military and intelligence services get a free pass to zap terrorist targets; incumbent regimes, even when they massacre their political opponents, get immunity from all but the mildest diplomatic criticism from Washington. In theory, that should create a furore at the AU, where AU Commission chair Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma says she is determined to break the dependence on foreign powers.