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Mali declares war against Al-Qaeda North Africa
About twenty Islamist fighters were killed in an offensive carried out, Tuesday night, by the Malian army against a base belonging to the North...
Ethiopia: US concerned about al-Qaeda on Somali border
The US Embassy in Addis Ababa has, reportedly, sent an email blast prohibiting its citizens residing in Ethiopia to travel to three Ethiopian cities...
10 Al Qaeda terrorists arrested in raid by security forces
The Mauritanian police force has arrested, during the last 24 hours, ten alleged islamist terrorists, security sources disclosed Sunday.
The suspected terrorists were arrested during...
Morocco dismantles islamist network calls for more collaboration from Algeria
In their continuous efforts to curb the rise of terrorism, Moroccan security services dismantled, Friday, August 29, an Islamist network operating under Al Qaeda...
Rebel hijackers release hostages and insist on proceeding to Paris
According to reports from the Libyan press agency, all passengers aboard a hijacked Sudanese aircraft which landed in Libya for refueling were freed, Wednesday...
Hunt for Al-Qaeda terrorist in East Africa intensified
Kenya's crack anti-terrorism unit has deployed 100 specialised agents to help trace fugitive Fazul Abdullah Mohamed, an Al-Qaeda mastermind believed to have coordinated the...
Deadly Somali bomb attack condemned
The United Nations top envoy to Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, has deplored Monday's bombing in Mogadishu, which killed 20 people, mostly women cleaners working to...
Nigerian police on alert as Hezbollah terrorist plan against Israeli interests is uncovered
A plan by the Hezbollah terrorist group to attack Israeli interests in Nigeria has been uncovered, according to the Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr....
Joint Military Task Force not yet aware of MENDS pipeline attacks ?
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said Monday it had blown up two major oil pipelines belonging to the Nigerian...
Shock over New Yorker cartoon depicting Obama as a Muslim and Michelle Obama as a terrorist
The magazine considered the bible of the white, liberal US intelligentsia was under attack on Monday for a satirical cover depicting Barack Obama as...
Tough court ruling against two Moroccan terrorists
Moroccan terrorist, Hicham Doukali, who attempted a suicide attack against tourists on August 13, 2007 in Morocco, was sentenced, Thursday, for life while his...
Anti Halal Pornography on Canal Satellite
The pornographic film shown the first Saturday of every month on Canal+ has become the target of “terrorist” threats for some weeks now. The...
Guinea-Bissau fast becoming a narcotics and terrorism haven
The Brussels-based International Crisis Group (ICG) has stressed the need for urgent support to Guinea-Bissau from the international community to save the country from...
Morocco : Authorities raid a major Al Qaeda base
35 members of a terrorist network specializing in recruitment of volunteers for the organization "Al Qaeda" in Iraq and Algeria were arrested this week...
UN loses top official over Algiers bomb attacks
The head of United Nations security has resigned, saying he will shoulder full responsibility for any security lapse that may have occurred concerning the...
Chevron Oil hit after president’s declaration of war on attackers
Militants have blown up a Chevron oil pipeline at Escravos in Nigeria's oil producing Niger Delta region, forcing the company to shut down production...
Nigeria losing record levels of revenue to oil violence
Nigeria loses US$84 million daily to the activities of the militants operating in the Niger Delta oil region, according to Minister of State for...
Captain Jack Stone released by kidnappers MEND
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has released the American it took hostage during an attack on the offshore Bonga...
MEND responsible for massive shell oil attack
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has claimed responsibility for Thursday's attack on a Shell oil facility located offshore in...
Moroccan security forces dismantle a new terrorist network
The terrorist organization is reported to have set its central headquarters in the village of Sakhinat, located 20 kilometers from Fez.
Its main activity is...
Three terrorists sentenced in Morocco
Three teenagers charged in the Casablanca explosions which took place in the areas of Sidi Moumen and Hay El Farah on March 11th and...
killing of Coptic Christians by Muslims on the rise
Coptic Christianity practised in Egypt, a country that is home to one of the earliest Christian churches centuries, before the arrival of Islam and...
Security in Algeria : Deadly attacks in Beni Amrane (Boumerdes)
Two people, including a French engineer, were killed in a double terrorist attack yesterday afternoon in Beni Amrane in the Bourmedes wilaya.
As sores continue...
Terrorist group explains why planned attacks failed
Extra precautions taken by the Nigerian security agencies may have scuttled plans by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) to...
Barack Obama to visit Iraq ?
Iraq has surged back towards the top of the presidential campaign agenda as attention shifts from the closing stages of the Democratic nomination race...
President Bush’s “War on terror” term dumb ?
The west needs a more comprehensive strategy to counter al-Qaeda propaganda and the US should stop using the term “war on terror”, according to...
The obscene act of mistaking Barack Obama for Ossama Bin Laden
Mistaking the name of a good american for an arab gone mad is not just insane and obscene, it is simply an American...
Central Africa vows to fight terrorism
The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) have pledged to crack down on terrorism in the sub-region, sources close to the Congolese Ministry...
27 year old State of Emergency in Egypt to be extended
The 27-year emergency law in Egypt will be extended by ano ther year, a government official said Sunday, indicating that the anti-terror legislation which...
Anti-Terrorist squads in major cities to ward off Al Qaeda threats
The Nigeria police high command has deployed crack anti-terrorist squads to key cities, including the commercial city of Lagos, the inland capital city of...