Africa

Kenya ethnic violence: jihad? Well, no….

Islamophobes are portraying the outburst of ethnic violence in Kenya's Tana River Valley as part of a global jihad—ignoring the ecological roots of the conflict related to climate change.

Africa

Somalia: next stop Kismayo

A push by UN-backed African Union troops on the last bastion of Somalia’s al-Shabab insurgency has added to civilian casualties and raised fears of mass displacement.

Africa

Somali pirate negotiator gets 12 life sentences

A US court in Virginia sentenced convicted Somali pirate negotiator Mohammad Shibin to a dozen life sentences for piracy, hostage taking, kidnapping, conspiracy, and other charges.

Africa

Niger Delta insurgency back on?

Gunmen attacked two ships off the coast of Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta, killing two naval troops protecting the vessels and seizing four foreign workers before fleeing. 

Africa

Somalia’s Shabaab behind Kenya church massacres?

Gunmen killed 17 in attacks on two churches in the Kenyan town of Garissa near the border with Somalia. Twitter site Al-Kataib, maintained by Somalia’s Shabaab rebel movement, boasted of a “successful operation in Garissa.”

Africa

US Africa Command sees terrorist “coordination”

Gen. Carter Ham of US Africa Command warned of growing coordination between three major terror networks across the continent: al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), al-Shabaab in Somalia, and Boko Haram in Nigeria.

Africa

Arab Spring finally hits Sudan; regime intransigent

After more than a week of student anti-austerity demonstrations in Sudan, President Omar al-Bashir finally responded to the movement, dismissing the protesters as “bubbles and aliens” who will be “dealt with.”