Showing posts with label Countering Violent Extremism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Countering Violent Extremism. Show all posts
Wednesday 22 March 2017

Twitter Suspended More Than 635, 000 Terrorism Accounts Between August 2015 And December 2016

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Social media giant - Twitter has revealed it suspended a total of 376,890 accounts between July 1 through December 31 last year for viola...
Friday 11 November 2016

Countering Violent Extremism: Centre Trains 200 Islamic Clerics in North-East Nigeria on Countering Boko Haram Narratives

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The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) is to train 200 Islamic Clerics in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe on how to counter radicalizatio...
Thursday 26 May 2016

Countering Violent Extremism: Microsoft Joins the Fight Against Terrorism, Radicalization

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Technology giant, Microsoft has finally joined the ranks of technology companies committed to tackling terrorism, violent extremism and r...
Thursday 7 April 2016

Who Will Become a Terrorist? Research Yields Few Clues

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WASHINGTON — The brothers who carried out suicide bombings in Brussels a while ago had long, violent criminal records and had been regard...
Thursday 4 February 2016

Google To Render 'Adwords' To Counter Terrorism, Radicalization

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Internet search engine giant - Google, will bring up 'AdWord' messages that seek to combat extremism when potential jihadis look ...

Education, Technology As Tools For Disrupting Radicalization And Terrorism

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The year 2015 will go down in history as one of the biggest years of violent extremism around the world. The West experienced several bru...
Tuesday 2 February 2016

Boko Haram: Nigerian Government Set Up Technical Committee on Deradicalisation

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The Federal Government of Nigeria has constituted a technical committee in its bid to end violent extremism, crimes and other security ch...
Thursday 7 May 2015

Students Counter Violent Extremism With Social Media

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As social media continues to infiltrate our everyday lives with new ways of connecting and obtaining information, extremist groups such ...
Friday 20 March 2015

Root Cause Must Be Understood First To Counter Violent Extremism

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According to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, some 20,000 people have joined ISIL since last summer. They have traveled to Syria and I...
Tuesday 17 March 2015

Europe Education Minister Summit Brainstorm On Radicalization

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EU Ministers of Education are meeting in Paris today to discuss new measures to tackle radicalization across the European Union. Ministe...
Friday 27 February 2015

ISIS Recruiting Nigerian Youths Through Social Media

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Coordinator of the National Information Centre, Mr. Mike Omeri, has sounded the alarm that the blood-thirsty Islamic State in Iraq and S...
Tuesday 24 February 2015

Anti-Boko Haram Nigerian Activist Wins Japan Peace Prize Worth $170,000

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Esther Ibanga TOKYO: A Nigerian woman who has campaigned against Islamist extremists Boko Haram was on Tuesday awarded a Japanese pea...

Five Ways To Engage The Private Sector In Countering Violent Extremism

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Emerging Voices features contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development...
Monday 2 February 2015

Effective Ways To Tackle Radicalisation

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The problem of some in society becoming radicalised should be tackled by building relationships with those at risk, including through bus...
Wednesday 29 October 2014

How To End Boko Haram, By Al-Mustapha

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Former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, yesterday proffered solutions on h...
Tuesday 28 October 2014

Researchers Discover Two Genes Linked With Violent Crime

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A genetic analysis of almost 900 offenders in Finland has revealed two genes associated with violent crime. Those with the genes were 13...
Tuesday 5 August 2014

President Jonathan Using Third Parties To Negotiate With Boko Haram To Free Abducted Chibok Girls

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The president of Nigeria disclosed Monday that his government is using third parties to talk to Islamist extremists and try to secure the s...

Emir of Kano - Muhammad Sanusi II Says Security Is A Collective Responsibility

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The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, has said that the general public should not leave security matters to government or traditional rulers...
Wednesday 30 July 2014

Boko Haram: Nigeria Opens Long-Awaited Battle of Ideas Against Sect's Ideology

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KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - In classrooms facing a sandy courtyard in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna, Maska Road Islamic School teach...