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The British government says it believes terrorists are in the final stages of planning attacks in Somalia and urged U.K. nationals to leave the country. The Foreign Office already advises against all travel to Somalia, including Somaliland, where it says … read more »
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Tagged Consular assistance, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Government of the United Kingdom, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Somalia, Somaliland, terrorism, Western world
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UNGUWA UKU, Nigeria- Nigerian military forces said they killed 14 suspected terrorists, including a woman and a child, in a raid on a compound Sunday. Witnesses said Nigeria’s Joint Task Force said vehicles found inside the compound were primed for … read more »
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Tagged Easter, improvised explosive device, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Joint Task Force, Kano, Nigeria, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Task force, terrorism
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press release . Reeyot, who wrote columns critical of the government for the now-defunct independent weekly Feteh, has been imprisoned since June 2011 on terrorism charges in a case that has aroused international indignation. In January 2012, she was sentenced … read more »
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Appeal, Appellate court, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica, Journalist, Law, Reeyot Alemu, terrorism
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An Ethiopian journalist lost an appeal on Tuesday against a five-year prison sentence for her role in promoting subversive plots by a rebel group. Reyot Alemu, a columnist at the now-defunct Feteh newspaper, and fellow journalist Woubishet Taye were found … read more »
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Ginbot 7, Horn, human right, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Prison, Reyot Alemu, terrorism
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The Abuja Muslim Forum (AMF) yesterday said the Islamic religion abhors killing and unjustified bombings and violence against innocent people and took exception to those branding Muslims as terrorists. The AMF made the statement when a delegation of the group … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Invitation to Islam, Islam, Muslim, Muslims Are Not Terrorists, Religion, Religion and Spirituality, terrorism, United States
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The Ethiopian High Federal Court has dropped one charge in the terror case against 29 Muslims. Terrorism charges were not dropped, although defense lawyers had argued those charges are unconstitutional. The 29 Muslims who were arrested in July on terrorism … read more »
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian government, ethiopian news, House of Federation, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Islamabad High Court, Muslim, Politics of Ethiopia, terrorism
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A top Boko Haram leader has been killed after a weekend of violence against Christians in the north of Nigeria, military officials said on Monday. A spokesperson of the army in the northwestern Borno State, Sagir Mus, reported that Abdulkareem … read more »
KANO, Nigeria — Nigeria’s military on Friday offered hundreds of thousands of dollars in rewards for information leading to the capture of leaders of Islamist extremist group Boko Haram. A statement listed 19 alleged senior members of the extremist group … read more »
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Defense lawyers have told the Ethiopian High Federal Court that terrorism charges against 29 Muslims are unconstitutional. Federal prosecutors are accusing the 29, which includes prominent clerics, journalists and activists, with terrorism and attempts to create … read more »
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ADDIS ABABA — An Ethiopian court on Thursday delayed the appeal of blogger Eskinder Nega and opposition leader Andualem Arage who were jailed earlier this year for for terror-related offences. Judge Dagne Melaku said the Supreme Court needed several weeks … read more »
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Anti-terrorism legislation, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Ginbot 7, IndepthAfrica, Muslim, Supreme Court of the United States, terrorism, United States
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While the President of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, GCFR and the commander in chief of the Armed Forces, was giving his Independence Day address on NTA, the head of the terrorist leadership Mujahdeen Abubakar Shekau, Supreme Commander of the … read more »
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Washington – Terrorists killed the United States ambassador to Libya, but an ongoing investigation into the attack will have to determine which group was involved and whether it had links to al-Qaeda, US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said on Thursday. … read more »
ABUJA — A Nigerian court on Thursday accused two men of having links with Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and of receiving funds from the militant group, court papers said. Olaniyi Babafemi Lawal, 31, and Luqman Babatunde, 30, were also … read more »
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Twenty-four Ethiopians, including a leading opposition figure and a prominent journalist, faced life in prison Wednesday after a court found them guilty on charges of terrorism. “Guilty as charged,” judge Endeshaw Adane said, referring to journalist Eskinder Nega, opposition member … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, Anti-terrorism legislation, Arab Spring, Eskinder Nega, Ethiopia, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopia news, Ethiopians, Ginbot 7, IndepthAfrica, terrorism, United States
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Worried by the seemingly intractable challenges posed by the Boko Haram insurgency in the country, the Senate Wednesday issued a stern admonition to the Presidency to deploy all arsenals at its disposal to crush the Islamic sect whose terrorist activities … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Boko Haram, Enyinnaya Abaribe, Ike Ekweremadu, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kaduna, national security, Nigeria, Nigerian, terrorism
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Fifty Britons in Somalia are among an increasing number of overseas fighters who could herald a new wave of international terrorism, a leading British security thinktank has warned. They reflect the growing appeal to potential jihadists of ungoverned spaces where … read more »
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, Britain, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Michael Clarke, Royal United Services Institute, Rusi, Somalia, terrorism
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Nigeria’s Jonathan calls on Boko Haram to come out from hiding Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is challenging the violent Islamist sect Boko Haram to come out in the open to clearly state their demands as a basis for talks. (SOUNDBITE) … read more »
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Tagged Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan, Human Rights Watch, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Nigeria, Osama bin Laden, Reuters, terrorism
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Ethiopia sentenced two Ethiopian journalists to 14 years in jail and an exiled blogger to life imprisonment on Thursday on charges of conspiring with rebel groups against the government, the second case in a month targeting the media. In December, … read more »
By Gbenga Kayode Terrorists are often small groups claiming to speak, even without justification, for an entire set of people in pursuing ulterior motives. That is why the continued suggestions by certain individuals and groups, to the Federal Government of … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Al-Qaeda, Amnesty International, Boko Haram, Human Rights Watch, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, terrorism, United States
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By Anthony A. Kila Scientist and atheists may not agree but most people believe that after death there is a soul that lives on. Many are convinced or at least hope that the dead continue to, in one way or … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kano, Nigeria, Nigerians, terrorism, Warfare and Conflict
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Addis Ababa – An Ethiopian court on Thursday found three journalists, a politician and a politician’s assistant guilty of conspiring to commit acts of terrorism, in a case that drew rebukes from rights groups who fear the country’s anti-terrorism law … read more »
Two Swedish journalists sentenced to prison in Ethiopia on terrorism charges have decided to seek clemency rather than file an appeal. Ethiopia’s federal high court is currently hearing three other terrorism trials involving journalists and opposition politicians. Journalists Martin Schibbye … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Ethiopia, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Journalist, Meles Zenawi, Ogaden National Liberation Front, Revolutionary Democratic Front, Somali Region, Sweden, terrorism
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Two Swedish journalists face up to 11 years in prison after a court in Ethiopia convicted them of supporting terrorism and entering the East African nation illegally. The case has attracted international attention and condemnation from human rights and free … read more »
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian government, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Journalist, Ogaden, Ogaden National Liberation Front, Swedes, terrorism, United States
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At least 25 people have been killed by an explosion outside a church near the Nigerian capital during Christmas celebrations, according to a relief worker. Witnesses have also reported a string of other attacks, including a bomb and gun attack … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Boko Haram, Catholic Church, Christmas, Federico Lombardi, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Reuters, terrorism
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The Vatican on Sunday condemned the Christmas day blast at a Catholic church in Nigeria that killed more than 15 people as blind and absurd “terrorist violence” that enflames hate. “We are close to the suffering of the Nigerian Church … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Boko Haram, Catholic Church, Christmas, Federico Lombardi, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Reuters, terrorism
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November 10, 2011 by benim
Addis Ababa – Ethiopian authorities charged 24 people with terrorism offences on Thursday, including an opposition politician and a journalist, a government spokesperson said. “They are accused under the anti-terrorism law of being members of a terrorist network and abetting, … read more »
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Anti-terrorism legislation, Committee to Protect Journalists, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfricaMagazine, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, terrorism, United States, West Africa
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Lately, Meles Zenawi, the dictator in Ethiopia, has been rounding up dissidents, journalists, opposition party political leaders and members under a diktat known as “Anti-Terrorism Proclamation No. 652/2009”. This diktat approved on a 286-91 vote of the rubberstamp parliament is … read more »
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September 24, 2011 by benim
Rabat – Morocco said on Friday it had broken up a three-man cell with links to al-Qaeda which planned to carry out attacks on security headquarters and Western interests in the kingdom. “The members of this cell intended to join … read more »
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September 14, 2011 by benim
Kampala – Uganda on Wednesday convicted two men who pleaded guilty for their role in July 2010 bomb attacks that killed at least 76 people, the region’s worst attacks in more than a decade. Edris Nsubuga, a Ugandan, on Tuesday … read more »
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September 13, 2011 by benim
Al-Qaeda has released a video marking the anniversary of 9/11 which includes a message from its slain leader Osama bin Laden to the American people, monitoring group SITE Intelligence said on Tuesday. SITE said the 62-minute video titled “The Dawn … read more »
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