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Pirates suspected to come from Nigeria have attacked an oil tanker off the coast of west Africa, killing a Ukrainian seaman, the commander of Benin's naval forces says. (AllAfrica)

Last October, seven prisoners in Iran escaped a near-certain death sentence. (AllAfrica)

Parliament yesterday gave a nod to the ratification of the African Union protocol on prevention and combating of terrorism which was adopted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in July 2004. (AllAfrica)

The state counsel prosecuting the sixteen men on terrorism related matters, Mr. S.H. Bakum, on Monday 16 November, told trial judge Justice Moses Richards of the special criminal court, at the Banjul High Court that the state has amended the charges against the accused persons. (AllAfrica)

The following was delivered by the U.S. Assistant Secretary on Africa Johnnie Carson before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on Africa. His remarks address U.S. Counterterrorism efforts in the Sahel Region. (AllAfrica)

Prime Minister Raila Odinga has asked politicians to stop panicking and await International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo's next course of action in the trial of post-election violence suspects. (AllAfrica)

Rwanda is investigating whether four Somalis arrested last week trying to illegally cross into the country from Uganda have suspected links with Somali insurgents, Al Shabaab. (AllAfrica)

The threat posed by terrorist groups such as Al-Qaida and the Taliban is evolving and the United Nations' efforts to combat the scourge must keep up to date through effective counter -measures such as sanctions and reinforced regional cooperation to prevent the smuggling of materials for weapons of mass destruction, the Security Council has been told. (AllAfrica)

Just as President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua asks the National Assembly to enact legislation against terrorism, the Nigerian Police has begun moves to equip its self and key security agencies with safety measures. (AllAfrica)

The United States Government in-conjunction with the office of the National Security Adviser, NSA, is organising a three week training programme on maritime security at the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Resource Centre situated at Kirikiri in Lagos. (AllAfrica)

Tucked away in the corners of the news media sits a report that the US government will provide US$5 million in trucks and military equipment to Mali. The aim of this donation is to help the Malian military fight the group known as al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Last December, AQIM kidnapped two Canadian diplomats, who were released after four months. This is what they do these days: kidnap, extort, run guns and drugs. Islam is a veneer. (AllAfrica)

The Nigerian Police in collaboration with Pinnacle Insurance Brokers Limited has concluded arrangement for a dialogue to identify probable targets of terrorism with the idea of exploring gap areas and proffering proactive solutions on counter measures. (AllAfrica)

In case you missed it, late last week, part of Kampala's Central Business District was closed off courtesy of a suspected bomb, planted in a building. (AllAfrica)

Lagos State government has said it has set up a 15-man maritime anti-terrorist guard to patrol all navigational routes, waterways and territorial waters across the state against the activities of sea robbers and terrorist groups. (AllAfrica)

At the end of a recent four-day conference on Communication Education and Practice in Africa in Accra-Ghana, Daily Champion reports that Nigeria is likely to drive the African Council on Communication Education (ACCE)'s desire for observer status at the African Union (AU). (AllAfrica)

Defence Counsel, Lawyer Lamin Camara has express serious concern over the continued detention of the alleged 16 terrorists without taking their plea. (AllAfrica)

Justice Moses Richards of the Special Criminal Division of the Banjul High Court on Tuesday 20 October, issued a stern warning in the case of the sixteen men charged with terrorism related matters, that if the state fails to comply with the Court order to file in the proper indictment and a formal charge sheet before the Court, he would have no options but to consider hearing applications for bail for the sixteen men. (AllAfrica)

Kenya is pressing within the United Nations for the start of talks on a binding global treaty to restrict the illegal transfer of small arms that take scores of lives in eastern and central Africa every day. (AllAfrica)

Chief of Defence Forces Gen. Aronda Nyakairima threw his weight behind the police's alerts of possible terrorist attacks in the country and said yesterday that the country is a target of reprisal attacks especially because of Uganda's peacekeeping mission in Somalia. (AllAfrica)

The 16 youths, out of which four are Gambians and twelve Senegalese, charged with terrorism related matters before the special criminal judge, Justice Moses Richards, will be defended by lawyer Edrisa Sissoho, Assan Martin and Lamin S. Camara. (AllAfrica)

The debate on the role of journalists in the war against terrorism is an interesting one and it featured at the session on Tuesday June 9 at the International Press Institute IPI Congress in Helsinki. The moderator was an accomplished international journalist and commentator, Curtis Brainard, Editor of The Observatory, Colombia Journalism Review, Colombia University, New York. (AllAfrica)

PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni and Libyan Leader Moammar Gadaffi have agreed to support development through the restoration of African traditions but emphasised that cultural institutions should stay out of politics. (AllAfrica)

United States government offices in South Africa are expected to reopen on Friday after being closed for two days, reportedly after a threat from an al-Qaeda splinter group. (AllAfrica)

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the United States is deploying enhanced explosives detection screening tools across airports to screen powdered substances carried by passengers. (AllAfrica)

All United States government facilities, including embassy premises and consulates throughout South Africa, remained closed for a second day Wednesday as a result of unspecified threats to their security. (AllAfrica)

TERRORISM charges have been lined up against 29 people suspected of having torched Nateete Police Station during the riots that paralysed the city two weeks ago. (AllAfrica)

Museveni greeting a US government official as America's representative to the UN Susan Rice and assistant secretary of state for Africa Jonnie Carson welcome him (AllAfrica)

Everyone rears the animal that he finds most suitable; so said the goat rearer's neighbour when she began rearing a hyena. US President Barack Obama, who plans to host a lunch in New York this week for a select group of African Heads of State and Government on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, will shortly find out that his agenda for the social and economic development of Africa is miles apart from African leaders' own concerns. (AllAfrica)

Last Saturday, 12 September, 2009 marked the eleventh year since Gerardo, Ramon, Antonio, Fernando and Rene - the five young Cubans - were prosecuted and sentenced by the American government on charges of conspiration and murder as well as terrorism on September 12 1998. (AllAfrica)

At least four people were killed Monday in southern Somalia after unknown foreign army helicopters attacked a vehicle, killing passengers on board, Radio Garowe reports. (AllAfrica)

There is a deafening silence as to where the six alleged Pakistani terrorists are being held after they were whisked from the Monrovia Prison Center last Thursday evening, with reports that the US Federal Bureau of Investigations is now involved in the investigation. (AllAfrica)