Tag: al Qaeda

The region is not far from the border with Mali, an area overrun by fighters linked to Al-Qaeda and ISIS, ...

“Negotiations are underway to bring back calm and serenity,” a spokesperson for Burkina Faso's military ruler was quoted as saying.

With violent extremists skilfully exploiting digital platforms, Africa should pressure tech companies to deal with terrorism online.

Like the Taliban, Ansaru is strategic in its use of violence, exercising restraint to win the local populace and mounting ...

In its early years, Al Qaeda’s operational fund came mostly from affluent donors in oil rich Middle Eastern countries, but ...

The governor's leaked memo to the president warns of the terrorists' advanced plans to create a permanent operational base for ...

PREMIUM TIMES proposes that the administration should retool its gaze to a robust assertion of the human development elements in ...

House where Ayman al-Zawahri was killed in Kabul. Picture credit: New York Post. Before his death, he was wanted in ...

Ayman Al-Zawahiri was in downtown Kabul where he was reuniting with his family and was killed in what a senior ...

The resurgence of Ansaru, Boko Haram’s breakaway faction, with its al-Qaeda backing, threatens national and regional security.

The allies, therefore "decided to commence the coordinated withdrawal of their respective military resources dedicated to these operations from Malian ...

To prevent continued attacks, the next generation of counter-terrorism must be people-centred, not focused on military might.

in five days ending last Saturday, the Taliban took over seven cities, including Khandar, its birth place and second largest ...

Collage of Pakistan flag and a Taliban fighter. Picture credit: Reuters. Perpetually at conflict with India, Pakistan’s Afghan frontier is ...

Damned lies about Afghanistan won’t help. A Western trope is that the place was always bound to collapse, because its ...

The U.S. may well claim in the end that in 20 years it helped to reduce the scope of terror ...

I am very much apprehensive about throwing a Pantami under the bus in a system incapable of sustainable public service ...

Dr. Pantami is not denying making those statements. It is not in doubt that he made those dangerous statements when ...

Pantami has also expressed the desire in his past speeches, for the enthronement of a Taliban-type Islamic leadership in Nigeria.

Mr Pantami has admitted making controversial statements supporting the extremist groups but said his views on such groups have changed.

"Some of the comments I made some years ago that are generating controversies now were based on my understanding of ...

Somalia, riven by civil war since 1991, is trying to rebuild with international help.

U.S. had said Al-Qaeda and ISIS were looking to make an inroad into Southern Nigeria while Al-Qaeda had started penetrating ...

The U.S. said on Tuesday that Al-Qaeda and ISIS were looking to make an inroad into Southern Nigeria and penetrate ...

As militant groups spread across the Sahel, the West African nation of Niger went on a U.S.-backed military spending spree ...