Indonesia, Philippines, and Malaysia Agree to Anti-Piracy Patrols
Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines agreed on Thursday May 5, 2016 to conduct coordinated maritime patrols after several ship hijackings...
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Chinese Naval Base In Djibouti Poses Problem for U.S.
On Monday April 18, 2016, China officially broke ground on its first naval base in Djibouti, Africa, a country which...
Number of IS Fighters in Libya Doubles Over the Past Year
U.S. Gen. David Rodriguez, head of Africa Command, has noted intelligence suggests the number of Islamic State (IS) fighters in...
Jahba East Africa Jihadists Encroaching Upon al-Shabaab
On Thursday, April 7, 2016, Jahba East Africa officially pledged an allegiance to Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,...
AMISOM and U.S. Forces Kill Several High-Level Commanders in Al Shabaab
On Tuesday, April 5, 2016, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) reported it had killed several top commanders of...
Minnesota Imam Interfering with Suspects in Islamic State Court Cases
Hassan Mohamud, a Saint Paul Imam at Dawah Institute, is becoming heavily involved in the legal case of a suspected...
French Navy Seizes Second Large Cache of Weapons off the Coast of Somalia This Month
On March 20, 2016, the French navy seized a ship in the north of the Indian Ocean carrying several hundred...
U.S. Drone strike May Suggest New Strategy to Combat Terrorism
On Tuesday, March 22, 2016, a U.S. airstrike targeting an Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) training camp reportedly...
AU and U.S. Forces Inflict Heavy Losses on Al Shabaab
A U.S. drone strike targeting a terrorist training camp killed 150 members of the Somali terrorist organization Al-Shabaab. The Pentagon...
AQAP Continues Their Push Through Weak Opposition in Yemen
Another town in Southern Yemen has fallen under control of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) over the weekend....
Death of Al Shabaab Intel Chief Will Mean Nothing If AU Forces Remain Complacent
Kenyan Defense Forces (KDF) reported their airstrike targeting Al Shabaab’s Nadaris camp killed Mahad Mohammed Karatey, the head of Al...
Recent Explosion Raises Questions on Al Shabaab Targeting Airlines
On Tuesday, February 2, 2016 a Daallo Airlines commercial plane traveling from Mogadishu to Djibouti was forced to land just...
Al Shabaab Continues Assault on AU Forces
Early Friday morning, January 15, 2015, the New York Times reported that Al Shabaab, an Al Qaeda affiliated group, forces...
Kenyan military accused of corruption and side business deals with al-Shabaab
A report published by Kenyan advocacy group Journalists for Justice alleges that corrupt elements in the Kenyan military forces deployed...
Al-Shabaab continues to prosecute asymmetrical campaign against African Union
Approximately two months after its attack on an AMISOM base in southern Somalia, in which it claimed the killing of...
Obama says Assad not part of Syria solution, Russia to conduct airstrikes, Saudi prince calls for coup…
President Obama at UN: Assad not part of the solution in Syria Speaking at the 70th UN General Assembly yesterday,...