Counterterrorism
Thursday, July 17, 2014 - 06:15
Spokesperson Jen Psaki discussed the ongoing crisis in Israel and Palestine, the nuclear negotiations with Iran, the civil war in Syria, and the U.S. Ambassador to Turkey.
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 06:15
Spokesperson Jen Psaki discussed the ongoing violence in the Gaza Strip and Israel, the P5+1 nuclear negotiations with Iran, the election of an Iraqi parliamentary speaker, the BRICS annual summit, concern over the level of violence in Libya, and the refugee crisis in Syria.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 06:11
The human rights abuse record and uncooperative attitude of the Federal Government and its military authorities have been identified as factors hindering United States of America offering Nigeria effective security assistance.
Monday, July 14, 2014 - 08:01
Senate President, David Mark and the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle, met in Abuja yesterday to discuss the state of insecurity in the country and how the US can deploy the arsenal within its reach to assist Nigeria in tackling the menace of terrorism by the Boko Haram sect.
Monday, July 14, 2014 - 07:25
The Sudanese government is in the process of reviewing the anti-terrorism accord it has with the United States to protest the status of political relations between the two countries.
Monday, July 14, 2014 - 07:02
France said Sunday its military offensive that freed northern Mali from the grip of Islamists would be replaced by an operation spanning the wider, largely lawless Sahel region to combat extremist violence.
Monday, July 14, 2014 - 06:33
Somali pirates in 2011 attacked 237 boats in the oceans around northeast Africa. In 2014 there have been seven attacks, all failed.
Friday, July 11, 2014 - 15:12
This week Israel launched a massive aerial campaign in the Gaza Strip, Syrian rebels in Aleppo were threatened by an offensive attack from the Assad regime, and details of President Obama’s proposed Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund were released with the President’s 2015 Overseas Contingency Operations Request.
Friday, July 11, 2014 - 10:39
Obama's counterterrorism framework has some obvious conceptual holes: It assumes that countries such as Libya and Yemen can be put back together and turned into functioning allies after near-death experiences. It extends partner status to countries such as Egypt and Turkey, which are perilously close to being autocratic dictatorships despite their long history of friendship with the United States. And it ignores altogether the role, positive or negative, of Iran.
Friday, July 11, 2014 - 08:02
It took two years, but the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OCI) convention on combating international terrorism is now law in Mauritania.