Charlie Hebdo
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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…
French start-up offers ‘dark web’ compass, but not for everyone
Over the past five years, Aleph has indexed 1.4 billion links and 450 million documents across some 140 000 dark websites
Paris Attacks: Social media a measure of solidarity
Many complain of Western bias, but others say citizens in countries like Nigeria should take responsibility for drawing the world’s attention.
Radicalisation is not measurable or predictable
The Paris attackers were known fanatics who evaded police surveillance.
Editor behind Denmark’s Mohammed cartoons steps down
The Danish editor who commissioned the Mohammed cartoons that triggered deadly protests a decade ago says he’s leaving the Jyllands-Posten newspaper.
Beware of bigotry veiled as satire
‘Charlie’ represents a hierarchy of Western ideals to which not everyone subscribes.
Africa lacks vision in fight against terror
The continent’s leaders have not shown enough commitment to combating the scourge.
Charlie Hebdo survivor: ‘I didn’t want to stare death in the face’
Sigolène Vinson survived the attack on the magazine and has given a chilling account of how one of the terrorist gunmen spared her life.
Charlie Hebdo sticks to its pencils
The magazine has shown in its defiant "survivor" edition that it remains unbowed, printing five million copies despite a readership of just 60 000.
Editorial: Bring back our courage
We saw that African lives were less important than those of Europeans. Yet what have we done as Africans for the world to see that we value our own?
The grim genesis of the Charlie attacks
Ending economic and political alienation can bring enlightenment to disaffected Muslims.
No, Charlie, free speech has its limits
Extremists – aka cartoonists – poured gunpowder over a simmering racist fire.
Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for ‘Charlie Hebdo’ attack
The terrorist organisation says it was responsible for the attack that saw 17 people killed, as the latest edition of the satirical weekly sold out.
Intolerance and fundamentalism are the real enemies
The Charlie Hebdo attack was a result of our unwillingness and inability to understand and appreciate the beliefs of others, writes Alleyn Diesel.