Islamic State
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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
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…
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…
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…
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…