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UN-backed meeting of African States targets terrorism, violent extremism

UN-backed meeting of African States targets terrorism, violent extremism

Regional security topped the agenda of a United Nations-backed joint summit on Central and West Africa searching, among other things, for a practical approach to fighting terrorism. In a statement issued on Thursday through his Deputy Spokesperson, Farhan Haq, Secretary-General António Guterres commended the Central and West African regions for the successful Joint Summit of […]

How a selfie with Merkel changed Syrian refugee’s life

How a selfie with Merkel changed Syrian refugee’s life

Syrian refugee Anas Modamani waited with his mobile phone ready at the entrance to his shelter in Berlin on September 10, 2015 – and when German Chancellor Angela Merkel emerged, he snapped a selfie. The photo quickly went viral, becoming a symbol for Merkel’s refugee policy, when she opened Germany’s borders to hundreds of thousands […]

The al-Qaeda threat in Mali presents a new challenge to U.N. peacekeepers making it world’s most dangerous U.N. mission

The al-Qaeda threat in Mali presents a new challenge to U.N. peacekeepers making it world’s most dangerous U.N. mission

Since World War II, U.N. peacekeepers have been dispatched to 69 conflicts — civil wars, border disputes and failed states. But now they are confronting an unsettling new threat: al-Qaeda. Here in the vast, lawless desert of northwest Africa, their convoys are being torn apart by improvised explosive devices and their compounds blasted by 1,000-pound […]

New Somalia President Abdullahi Mohammed Farmaajo Faces Myriad Challenges

New Somalia President Abdullahi Mohammed Farmaajo Faces Myriad Challenges

The next Somalia president will inherit a long list of challenges including economic, terrorism, clan rivalries and food insecurity. The new leader must also foster deeper co-operation among regional states and inclusive politics. These are some of the issues seen to play key role on determining the outcome of the presidential election on Wednesday. A […]

The FBI can’t stop terror attacks because it spends too much time PLOTTING them in America

The FBI can’t stop terror attacks because it spends too much time PLOTTING them in America

The chief suspect in the New York City homemade bombing attacks last weekend, Ahmad Rahami, was probed for several weeks by the FBI in 2014 after his father alerted authorities to his terrorist leanings. Rahami’s father, Mohammad Rahami, told reporters this week that he informed the FBI about concerns about his son after Rahami stabbed […]

Egyptian state media claims 9/11 was carried out by West to justify war on terror

Egyptian state media claims 9/11 was carried out by West to justify war on terror

A columnist for a state-run newspaper in Egypt has suggested the US invented Isis and set up the 9/11 attacks to justify its military interventions in the Middle East. “Is it possible to believe the official version, from the US government, of the events of 11 September 2001?” wrote journalist Noha Al-Sharnoubi in Al-Ahram, a […]

Why Terrorism Matters in Africa

Why Terrorism Matters in Africa

The Munich Security Conference is convening a meeting in Ethiopia to discuss the fight against extremism, crisis prevention and democracy in Africa. This is the first conference of its kind on the African continent. Around 60 senior leaders from Africa, Europe and the US are gathering in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to exchange ideas […]

The Problem With the French Flag on Facebook

The Problem With the French Flag on Facebook

The outpouring of support for France in the wake of the Friday the 13th terrorist attacks is impressive. The Obama administration immediately issued a statement in support of America’s oldest ally. Even Chinese President Xi Jinping promptly contacted French President Hollande offering condolences and pledging cooperation in the fight against terrorism. Support for the French […]

Bombing is great, but ISIS gets bombed every weekend

Bombing is great, but ISIS gets bombed every weekend

ISIS is a savage group that needs to be stopped, but can we all take a step back and try to examine why this and other jihadi extremist groups have come into existence and found at least some popular support in the areas they occupy? Think about the civilian death toll that has been exacted […]

At G20 Summit, Ban says response to terrorism ‘needs to be robust, always within rule of law’

At G20 Summit, Ban says response to terrorism ‘needs to be robust, always within rule of law’

While the G20 Summit opened today in the Turkish city Antalya, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he will stress to world leaders that the global response to terrorism needs to be robust, but always within the rule of law and with respect for human rights. “Let me start by reiterating my profound condolences to […]

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