Showing posts with label Al-Shabbab. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Al-Shabbab. Show all posts
Wednesday 20 May 2015

Ranking of World Cities Facing ‘Extreme’ Terrorism Risks – Verisk Maplecroft

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People are more likely to experience terrorism in Baghdad than in any other city in the world, while Bristol is ranked at higher risk t...
Friday 8 May 2015

The Cheerleaders And The Freelancers: The New Actors In International Terrorism

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They are the freelancers of terrorism: young men -- and some women -- who feel alienated from the Western societies in which they live,...
Wednesday 8 April 2015

Garissa Attack: Kenya Freezes 86 Accounts With Suspected Al Shabaab Links

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The Kenyan government has frozen 86 accounts of individuals and entities suspected of funding terror attacks in the country.
Saturday 4 April 2015

Kenyan Security Questioned Aftermath of Garissa University Attack

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Kenyan security forces could have done more to prevent the Garissa attack which left 147 students dead, the head of the teachers’ union i...
Friday 3 April 2015

Charitable Donations Could Be Diverted To Support Terrorism, Regulator Warns

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The charities regulator has warned non-profit organisations of the risk that donations may be used to fund terrorism, after a report fo...
Thursday 2 April 2015

Gunmen storm Kenya's Garissa University College

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Gunmen have stormed a university compound in north-eastern Kenya. Heavy gunfire and explosions have been heard at Garissa University Coll...
Tuesday 24 February 2015

How A Swedish Suburb Became A Breeding Ground For Foreign Fighters Streaming Into Syria And Iraq

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Foreign Fighters In Syria (Source: statista.com) When he was 3 years old, Ahmed arrived in southern Sweden from Iraq, together with hi...
Monday 23 February 2015

Terror Alert! Al Qaeda-Linked Al-Shabaab Calls For Attacks On ‘Jewish-Owned’ Shopping Malls in UK, Canada & USA

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United States and British security services are assessing the credibility of new threats against western shopping centres issued by Somal...
Saturday 27 December 2014

Terrorist Leader With $3M Bounty On His Head Surrenders In Somalia

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NAIROBI, Kenya — A Somali intelligence official says a leader with the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab, who has a $3 million bounty on ...
Wednesday 3 December 2014

Kenyan President SacksSecurity Minister After Latest Al-Shabaab Attack

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President Uhuru Kenyatta Kenya ’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, has fired his security minister and accepted the resignation of his police...
Tuesday 2 December 2014

Al-Shabab Massacres Non-Muslims At Kenya Quarry

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Al-Shabbab Militants Gunmen have killed 36 quarry workers near the north Kenyan town of Mandera, police say. The attackers separated M...
Wednesday 29 October 2014

Big Rethink For Counterterrorism

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Like politics, terrorism is local, which is why extremists use local grievances as initial motivators to recruit.
Thursday 16 October 2014

'Teach Virtues of Religious Respect, Tolerance To Counter Terrorism' - Tony Blair

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Former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair is calling for an urgent global agreement to teach religious respect as he warns that action again...
Monday 7 July 2014

Most Wanted Terrorist in the Maghreb: Mokhtar Belmokhtar, Regroups, Plots New Attacks From Libya Base

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The most wanted man in the Maghreb is operating freely in Libya and planning new terrorist attacks against Tunisia and Algeria, top experts ...

United States Bans UNCHARGED Mobiles or Laptops From US-bound flights over Bomb Fears - iPhones and Galaxies Top of the Hit List

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The US has declared that it will not allow mobile phones - especially iPhones and Samsung's Galaxy - onto US bound planes from some airp...
Saturday 5 July 2014

Tech-Savvy Al-Shabbab Order Members to Change Mobile Phone Numbers, Ban Members From Using Smartphones

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An Al-Shabab directive that all its members change their mobile phone numbers shows how tech-savvy the al-Qaeda-linked Somali Islamist group...
Thursday 3 July 2014

United States warns of 'Specific Terrorist Threat' to Uganda's Entebbe Airport

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The United States warned its citizens in Uganda on Thursday about a "specific threat" of an attack within hours on Entebbe Interna...