Tag Archives: Al Qaeda
(Al Jazeera) Somalia executes al-Shabab journalist
11 Apr 2016 09:09 GMT | Politics, Africa
Somalia has executed a journalist accused of helping members of al-Shabab kill at least fiv...
(TIME) Corruption in Military Defense Spending Could Be Behind Rise in Africa Terror Attacks
Aryn Baker @arynebaker Jan. 18, 2016
A series of recent terror attacks across Africa have raised fears of a new wave of extremist vi...
(HuffPost) Burkina Faso, French Troops End Deadly Hotel Siege Claimed By Al Qaeda Group
01/16/2016 08:17 am ET | Updated 27 minutes ago
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Forces killed four attackers, ending the ...
(Africa News) Mauritania: Islamist prisoners launch hunger strike
Some 30 Islamists have launched a hunger strike at Mauritania’s main jail saying they are being punished after a New Year’s Eve escape ...
(NYT) Jihadists Deepen Collaboration in North Africa
By CARLOTTA GALL JAN. 1, 2016
SAHARA DESERT, Niger — A group of light armored vehicles skated over the moonscape o...