Will Green The Democratic Republic of Congo and Somalia have been ranked the most corrupt countries in the world The Maplecroft Corruption Risk Index places both African states as joint number one, followed by Burma in south east Asia and Sudan equal third. African countries make up six of the top 10 most corrupt countries, though...
Turkey and the US announced the creation of a fund to fight against extremism fueled by jihadist groups in countries such as Somalia, Yemen and Pakistan, which have become targets of terrorist groups in recent attacks. The initiative was announced at the Global Counterterrorism Forum in New York later on Friday by US Secretary of...
Warka Raadiyo Wardheer: Qoddobada warka aad ku maqli doontaan waxaa ka mid ah: Turkiga oo sheegay in ay qeeb ka noqonayaan ladagaalanka Shabaab iyo warar kale
By Patrice Peck In light of past extremist recruitment activities, a wary gaze has been cast on the large Somali community in Minneapolis-St. Paul following the recent deadly mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya. Journalist and filmmaker Fathia Absie took notice of the effect that Al-Shabab’s recruitment efforts were having in her hometown and felt compelled...
Al Shabaab emerged as a regional threat funded by millions of dollars from activities ranging from extortion to taxing charcoal exports, but its attack on a Kenyan shopping mall is expected to provoke a counter-terrorism response aimed at crippling the Somali Islamist group’s finances. The money is important to al Shabaab, a group whose aims...
Nairobi, (HRW) – The attack on a Nairobi shopping mall that killed at least 61 people and wounded hundreds was a horrendous act for which those responsible should be fully prosecuted, Human Rights Watch said today. Kenyan authorities should take all necessary measures to protect vulnerable communities from potential retaliation. On September 21, 2013, an unknown number...
Ahmed Abdi Godane, whose Shebab group has said it carried out a deadly raid on a Nairobi mall, has transformed chronically-unstable Somalia into one of Al-Qaeda’s main global hubs. Reportedly trained in Afghanistan with the Taliban, Godane — often known by the name Abu Zubayr — took over the leadership of the Shebab in 2008...
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – Somalia’s Shebab militia, which carried out a bloody attack on Nairobi’s Westgate mall, is in part funded by the poaching trade, wildlife activists said Thursday. “Over the last 18 months, we’ve been investigating the involvement of the Shebab in trafficking ivory through Kenya,” Andrea Crosta, executive director of the Elephant Action League...
By Simone Cantarini Bishop Giorgio Bertin talks about the Church’s witness in the land where al-Qaeda’s most violent terrorists are born. For the prelate, “bearing witness to the Gospel means giving oneself to God’s initiative, participating with Christians in the hopes and the suffering of the whole population.” Rome ( AsiaNews) – “From Somalia to...
By BRONWYN BRUTON The attack on Nairobi’s Westgate mall is a vicious development in the war on terrorism: It signals the evolution of an unpopular splinter faction of a radical Somali group into a truly transnational terrorist organization. It also marks a major failure for the United States’ counterterrorism strategy in Somalia. Not understanding the mixed...