Third Islamic State sympathiser detained over suicide attack plot at Taylor Swift Vienna concert
The United States provided the tip of the threat to the “Eras” tour concerts, which have been cancelled, the US administration said
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Islamic State suspect planned suicide attack at Taylor Swift Vienna concert, say officials
Explosives and detonators were found in a search of the main suspect’s apartment, authorities said
Mozambique’s governing party chooses new leader
With the change in leadership of Frelimo, the country is likely to have a new president after the elections on 9 October
Civilians killed in DRC as clashes spread
Nearly 200 000 people have fled their homes since the beginning of this month as clashes between militia and government loyalist groups intensify
Bring us home, pleads South African woman held in Syria
A woman who went to Syria to rescue her brother’s children is being held in horrific conditions
Islamic State rebel group claims responsibility for church bomb in DRC
At least 10 people were killed and 39 wounded on Sunday in a bomb attack on a church in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo claimed by Islamic State jihadists. Congolese military spokesman Antony Mualushayi said the “terrorist act” happened in a Pentecostal church in North Kivu province’s Kasindi, a town on the border with […]
Right of reply: Mandla Mandela hijacks African continental crises in bid for relevance
Zwelivelile Mandla Mandela uses the continent’s security problems as a prism through which to cast his dark agenda against Israel into the minds of Africa’s youth
Malian refugees see future in Niger
The world’s poorest country is nevertheless host to 61 000 Malians who fled jihadist attacks
Mozambique’s Rapale camp: A transit to nowhere
The strife in Cabo Delgado has displaced more than 800 000 people. Some have found their way to the Rapale transit centre, where they are struggling to survive as foreign and local forces fight over their homelands.
Who finances Mozambique’s insurgency?
Informal banking and trade are both a lifeline for local communities and a grey area for terror financing, requiring progressive efforts to develop rather than de-risk
#BringBackOurGirls: A story of the Nigerian girls’ rescue
When 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram from a remote area in Nigeria, the world called for their rescue. A new book, Bring Back Our Girls: The Untold Story of the Global Search for Nigeria’s Missing Schoolgirls, gives the details of how 164 were freed.
Afghanistan’s 48-year history of uncertainty
Counter-insurgency and foreign interference foment extremism and rarely achieve peace
Lessons from Palma attack: What next for the insurgency in Cabo Delgado?
Mozambique is starting to accept it needs more than private military aid to fight the Islamic State insurgency
No emergency plan for the ‘Battle of Palma’
South Africa was willing to assist, but the Mozambican government would not allow foreign military forces to get involved
Trial opens over Charlie Hebdo terror attacks that stunned France
14 people accused of helping jihadist gunmen storm the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket went on trial on Wednesday, five years after three days of terror sent shock waves through France
Isis is not driving the Cabo Delgado war
Can Frelimo and its backers continue to profit from a failing state while an armed insurgency rages in northern Mozambique? And will South Africa help prop them up?
The SADC will regret its approach to Mozambique’s insurgence
The SADC has been lackadaisical in its response to the insurgency in Mozambique and in so doing, is putting several other southern African countries at risk
The pandemic has shifted patterns of conflict in Africa
Although the overall rate of conflict has remained steady in Africa during the past 10 weeks of the pandemic, the nature of this is changing in subtle but significant ways
Armed militants wage war on Burkina Faso’s schools
A survivor tells of how Islamists carrying AK-47s arrived on motorbikes, forced fleeing children to lie on the ground and beat teachers before setting a building on fire
Making sense of Mozambique’s brutal insurgency
The violence in Cabo Delgado province by al-Shabaab (the youth) can be linked to jihadist influence, the continued marginalisation of Muslim people, and the lure of income from trafficking natural resources
Covid-19 in Africa: The good news and the bad
What might Africa look like in the wake of the pandemic? There’s enough change happening to keep both optimists happy and pessimists glum
The insurgency in northern Mozambique has got worse. Why?
Mozambique needs to restructure its defence force and build an alliance with its neighbour Tanzania in preparation for a drawn-out struggle against ‘jihadists’
Conflict is escalating in central Mali, says Human Rights Watch
Last year was the deadliest for civilians since the current political crisis began in 2012. And the fighting is also increasing in neighbouring countries
In limbo: ‘Isis children’ in prison
Iraq grapples with how to handle an unprecedented
number of minors, many of whom were beaten into confession
Order signed for US military’s controversial Syria exit
Both US politicians and international allies fear the withdrawal is premature and would further destabilise the already devastated region
Military ignored Mosul war-wounded
In ridding the city of the Islamic State, its health system was gutted, affecting 1.8-million residents
Guns and roses: Afghan farmers enjoy sweet smell of success
‘The roses are much better… I make good money from roses. They are resistant and don’t require as much expense or work’
Boko Haram frees most of abducted Dapchi schoolgirls
The Dapchi kidnapping on February 19 brought back painful memories of a similar abduction in Chibok in April 2014, when more than 200 girls were taken
What to expect from the next round of Syria talks
After months of stalemate, the Syrian talks are expected to focus primarily on a new constitution and elections and two reforms proposed by the UN.
After five months of battle with IS supporters, peace returns to Philippine city
Residents returned home on Tuesday, but gunfire greeted them as soldiers scoured devastated neighbourhoods for remaining IS militants.
Climate change brings failed states and violent conflict
Control of increasingly scarce water is being used by armed groups to challenge central governments, causing untold suffering to civilians.
The ‘al-Qaeda rising’ narrative risks downplaying Islamic State threat
The prevailing hypothesis on al-Qaeda’s longevity compared to Islamic State may seem reasonable, but it is hasty.
