International Terrorism

News : International Terrorism

Last Friday, the Anti-Terrorism Bill which is seeking to position Ghana to detect and combat terrorism in any part of the country was taken through the Consideration stage by Parliament. (AllAfrica)

Members of Parliament have given their blessings to the Anti-Terrorism Bill which is seeking to position Ghana to detect and combat acts of terrorism in any part of the country. (AllAfrica)

Somalia is burning, but the world would rather not see. The country has over the years become synonymous with chaos. (AllAfrica)

The Kenyan government has jump-started efforts to rescue the 17 Kenyans earlier deported to Ethiopia on terror claims. The new development comes days after Muslim leaders from Coast Province urged President Mwai Kibaki (AllAfrica)

When it was announced last month that the ruling party of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi had swept local polls in this vast Horn of Africa nation, few expressed surprise. (AllAfrica)

Terrorism and the conflict in Darfur continued to be the major items on the agenda in the Organisation of Islamic Conference Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Kampala. (AllAfrica)

President Museveni yesterday stirred the audience at an Islamic conference when he questioned America and other western countries' understanding of terrorism. (AllAfrica)

Muslim clerics and an MP on Sunday urged the Government to bring back 17 youths who were deported to Ethiopia last year on suspicion they were involved in terrorist activities. (AllAfrica)

Amnesty International is concerned about the persistent use of torture in Mauritania to extract confessions – especially from those accused of links with Islamic groups. (AllAfrica)

The Northern Network for Justice and Development (NNJD), has reacted, following recent reports in the media and inferences on the purported statement of the Inspector-General of Police on the supposed intelligence report on the globally renowned terrorist group, Al-qaeda alleged interest in Nigeria. (AllAfrica)

"Our world is in the grip of a dangerous carbon habit," U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in his message introducing the theme, "Kick the carbon habit: toward a low carbon economy." (AllAfrica)

With the spate of insecurity seemingly unabating in the oil-rich Rivers State, the state's Police Command has deployed an anti-terrorist squad to police the Port Harcourt International Airport in Omagwa and environs as traffic in and out of the airport gradually builds up after it was reopened late last year. (AllAfrica)

Police in Likoni at the weekend arrested four people suspected of being involved in terror-related activities. (AllAfrica)

Said to be the second oldest profession, at times it appears to have even lesser morals than the first. (AllAfrica)

Fighters loyal to Somali insurgent group al Shabaab entered and gained control of two southern towns without facing resistance from government sources, Radio Garowe reported. (AllAfrica)

The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro yesterday asked Nigerians to disregard recent media reports on the purported threats by the extremist Islamic group, Al-Qaeda to attack Nigeria. (AllAfrica)

In the space of a few weeks, Mauritania suffered a number of terrorist attacks, responsibility for which was claimed by Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb. Radical Islamism is not new in Mauritania, but terrorism and the sheer scale of violence witnessed in these acts is unprecedented. Although radical trends are on the rise, this should not be confounded with terrorism, which has not taken root in Mauritania. In this case, the threat originates elsewhere. (AllAfrica)

South Africa's ability to deal with threats of global terrorism will be determined when the United Nations (UN) Counter Terrorism Directorate visits the country next month. (AllAfrica)

In just twelve months, two Ugandans illegally holding diplomatic passports have been arrested in the UK with huge amounts of drugs and cash, the two basic requirements by international terrorists to plan indiscriminate mass murders. (AllAfrica)

INSPECTOR General of Police, Mike Okiro, alerted the nation yesterday that Al-Quaeda terrorists network plans to send time bombs to Nigeria and destroy the nation's economic and infrastructural concerns. (AllAfrica)

The claims earlier this week that Kenya's counter-terrorism authorities fear there could be a terrorist attack in the near future should draw our attention to at least two important factors relating to national security. (AllAfrica)

Kenyan anti-terrorism officials are on high alert following the killing of an Islamist said to be the Al Qaeda leader in Somalia in a US attack on Thursday, the Sunday Nation has learnt. (AllAfrica)

A US State Department report published on Wednesday indicates that Uganda is vulnerable to terrorism. (AllAfrica)

U.S. law requires the Secretary of State to provide Congress, by April 30 of each year, a full and complete report on terrorism with regard to those countries and groups meeting criteria set forth in the legislation. This annual report is entitled Country Reports on Terrorism. The Section on Africa follows below: (AllAfrica)

At least 15 people were reported dead in US planes' air strike in Dusamareeb town, central Somalia, that killed the commander of Alshabab Islamic fighters, Aden Hashi Eyrow, on Wednesday night, residents said. (AllAfrica)

Kenya lacks laws needed to wage an effective war on terrorism, the US has said in a global counter-terrorism survey released on Wednesday. (AllAfrica)

US war planes killed an Islamist rebel said to be Al Qaeda's leader in Somalia and as many as 30 other people on Thursday in Washington's biggest blow against an insurgency raging since 2007. (AllAfrica)

The United States (US) government has said its suspicions that the Nigerian Taliban has links with Al Qaeda affiliates led by Osama bin Laden and the Mali arm of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Magreb (AQIM) are yet to be proved by conclusive evidence. (AllAfrica)

From the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (AllAfrica)

ZIMBABWE has been ranked 153 out of 178 countries in a 2008 World Bank report on "Doing Business" which looks at how regulatory environments influence the operations of business. (AllAfrica)

Preventing, investigating and prosecuting terrorist offences are all addressed at Commonwealth-organised event (AllAfrica)