Sectarianism
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 08:35
Iraq’s Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr urged Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday not to run for a third term, accusing him of terrorizing Sunnis so that they don’t go to the polls in the upcoming April 30 general election.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 07:19
Controversial Muslim cleric Sheikh Abubakar Sharif alias Makaburi was killed in controversial circumstances last evening, days after reiterating public support for al Shabaab and defending the Westgate terror attack.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 08:11
"Troops set up checkpoints and carried out searches for weapons," he said, adding that they were expected to deploy in Bab el-Tebanneh on Wednesday.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 13:25
President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi accused Iran of supporting separatists in the south and religious groups in the north of the country, which is trying to stabilize after more than two years of political upheaval.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 13:16
He justified sending his forces to a foreign war by saying that Sunni rebel groups would eliminate everyone in Lebanon if they won in Syria, the Reuters news agency reported.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 11:13
Increasing atrocities by extremists and uncontrolled reprisals by security forces have killed at least 1,500 people this year in northeastern Nigeria’s Islamic uprising, Amnesty International reported Monday, accusing both sides of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 11:13
Anti-balaka Christian militia in the Central African Republic to be regarded as 'enemy combatants'
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 11:00
BODA, Central African Republic — There is only one neighborhood in Boda where Muslims are safe from the bullets and machetes of Christian militia fighters. Many who ventured out were killed, their throats slit or their cars showered with gunfire.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 09:59
Eleven people, including three children, killed in funeral blast as violence between Christians and Muslims continues.
Friday, March 28, 2014 - 09:35
Friday's shooting came a day after the new cabinet of the Lebanese prime minister, Tammam Salam, approved a security plan for the city, where at least 29 people have been killed in the past fortnight.