VOA News July 06, 2013 Suspected Islamic gunmen have killed at least 29 students and a teacher at a Nigerian boarding school, setting buildings on fire and then shooting pupils as they tried to … [Read more...]
allAfrica.com: Al-Shabaab Abducting Children From Central Somalia
June 26, 2013 by
BY DAHIR JIBRIL, 25 JUNE 2013 Mogadishu — Al-Shabaab in recent weeks has kidnapped hundreds of children from the militant-controlled town of El Bur in Galgadud, residents say, expressing fear that … [Read more...]
New York Times: Taliban Spread Terror in Karachi as the New Gang in Town
March 29, 2013 by
By DECLAN WALSH and ZIA ur-REHMAN Published: March 28, 2013 KARACHI, Pakistan — This seaside metropolis is no stranger to gangland violence, driven for years by a motley collection of armed groups … [Read more...]
Reuters: New leader named for Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
March 25, 2013 by
By Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS | Sun Mar 24, 2013 3:01pm EDT (Reuters) - Algerian Djamel Okacha has been named as a new commander in al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), replacing Abdelhamid Abou … [Read more...]
Drone base in Niger gives U.S. a strategic foothold in West Africa
March 22, 2013 by
By Craig Whitlock, Published: March 21 THE WASHINGTON POST NIAMEY, Niger — The newest outpost in the U.S. government’s empire of drone bases sits behind a razor-wire-topped wall outside this West … [Read more...]