Yet Another Massacre By Boko Haram
Boko Haram terrorists struck the northeastern Nigerian village of Gumsuri on Sunday, killing 32 people and kidnapping as many as...
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Boko Haram in North-west Nigeria
The recent spate of attacks by Boko Haram in Nigeria barely a month after the signing of a cease-fire with...
Will Sunni-Shia tensions spread to Nigeria?
Today, in the northeast Nigerian city of Potiskum, a Boko Haram suicide bomber attacked a Shiite Muslim procession with reports...
Nigeria: There Never Was a Ceasefire
Over the weekend, armed Boko Haram militants kidnapped over 30 boys and girls from the small town of Mafa in...
No Ceasefire in Nigeria
Not even one day removed from the ceasefire with the Nigerian government, Boko Haram has reportedly kidnapped 25 to 45...
They Reject your Motivations, and Substitute Their Own
Congress continues to struggle with Obama Administration officials, from all branches, in an effort to force them in matters of...
Sean Hannity confronts Shariah motivation behind Nigerian schoolgirl abductions
Sean Hannity goes beyond the tactical questions of rescuing the Nigerian women captives, and delves into the Shariah motivations behind...
A stimulus for African security
The most recent iteration of the National Security Strategy of the United States of America, released in March 2006, declared:...
Nigeria in flux
By Matthew Seitz In April 2007, for the first time in the country's history, Nigeria witnessed a peaceful transition from...
AFRICOM proceeds apace
By Colin Crowley Recently, the United States military announced a new addition to its cyber library: www.eucom.mil/africom, the web address of...
An African “Marshall Plan”
After years of intermittent engagement, China's 50-year relationship with the African continent has accelerated recently, with discussions on issues including...
Terror’s North African front
While news from Africa has lately focused on the nearly-avoided establishment of an Islamist government in Somalia, there is another...
Securing Africa
By David McCormack For decades, the United States has regarded its security interests in Sub-Saharan Africa as insignificant, instead treating...
Dragon at the fount of Africa
Fresh off important visits to the U.S., Saudi Arabia and Morocco, Chinese President Hu Jintao is expected to arrive in...
Nigeria ablaze
By David McCormack It was hoped by many that President Bush's meeting today with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo augurs a...
The red continent?
By Fred Stakelbeck China's rapid ascension as an influential economic and political force in Africa is raising complex questions concerning...