Hamas gunman wounds three in Tel Aviv attack
A Palestinian gunman opened fire in Tel Aviv on Thursday, wounding three people before being killed by police in what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Terrorism In The World
Puntland Executes 19, Including Al-Shabaab and Isis Operatives
The Puntland Armed Forces Court on Wednesday morning executed 19 convicts, including 13 members of Al-Shabaab and Islamic State groups.
Seven Shabab Militants Killed Somalia
The Somali national army said Sunday its forces killed seven members of Al-Shabab militia, including a local leader, in Lower Juba region, south Somalia.
Militant Islamist violence in Africa surges
Militant Islamist violence in Africa set new records for violent events and fatalities this past year
Who is al-Shabaab
With the 20-year War in Afghanistan over, Somalia has become the next major front in the United States’ ongoing Global War on Terror.
US trains West African militaries as jihadi threat spreads
As extremist violence in West Africa´s Sahel region spreads south toward coastal states, the United States military has launched its annual military training exercise aimed...
Africa shouldn’t ignore Russia’s destabilising influence
As the world marks the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, it has been suggested that Africa needs a common approach...
Turmoil in Syria has only worsened over last 40 years
I first went to Syria at the end of March 1982. Leaving aside the old city (whose beauty, centered on the great Umayyad Mosque, endures),...
FATF lists South Africa and Nigeria
The greylisting of South Africa last month by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has made waves in the country, occupying substantial media attention
The terrorism of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
For 43 years, the Western world has tried to persuade the Islamic Republic of Iran to forgo its hostility towards the international community and its...
Brussels police on lookout over metro terror attack threat
The Belgian federal police said Wednesday it remained “vigilant” after it received an email Tuesday threatening a terror attack targeting the Brussels underground metro system.
Israel thwarts terrorist attack
Israeli forces killed three Palestinian terrorists near a village close to the volatile West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said,...