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20 Mar
The Nigerian government has identified 15 entities including nine individuals and six Bureau De Change (BDC) operators and companies suspected to be involved in the funding of terrorism in the country. The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) in an email to Punch disclosed information about the suspects in a report titled “Identification of Persons and…
11 Mar
Spain and the European Union pay homage Monday to the 192 victims of the March 11, 2004 Madrid train bombings that marked the start of mass Islamist attacks in Europe.
11 Mar
On March 11, Spain marks 20 years since Europe's worst Islamist attack when militants claiming to be acting on behalf of Al-Qaeda bombed commuter trains in Madrid, killing 192 people and wounding nearly 2,000 others.
8 Mar
Twenty years ago, a large, well-organised terror cell planned and staged the deadly Madrid train bombings, but today the jihadist threat facing Spain comes from lone wolves and small self-radicalised groups.
15 Aug 2023
An al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group has claimed responsibility for an attack that wounded members of the UN's peacekeeping force in Mali, which is pulling out of the country, monitors said. At least four members of MINUSMA were hurt on Sunday when they came under attack on a road in northern Mali between Timbuktu and Ber, according…
4 Aug 2023
The entry of the military into the politics and governance of Niger Republic is yet another negative development in the growth of democracy and people-centred rule in that country and the West African sub-region in general.
1 Jul 2023
Afghanistan's Taliban government on Saturday seized on an off-the-cuff remark by US President Joe Biden to underscore their claim that there was no Al-Qaeda threat in the country. Biden was leaving a press conference on Friday on the US Supreme Court's decision to block his student debt relief program when a reporter asked if he…
11 Jun 2023
Suspected Al-Qaeda militants on Sunday killed two Yemeni soldiers during an attack in the south of the country, officials said.
27 May 2023
A Paris appeals court on Friday handed a 14-year jail term to a high-profile French jihadist convicted of terrorist offences linked to Syria.