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Twitter, new recruitment tool for al-Qaeda

Mon Sep 30, 2013 08:59:55

Criminals are taking it from the streets to their tweets, increasingly using Twitter to recruit members, boast about their illegal activities and promote their brand, a new report says.

Boko Haram storm Nigeria college dorm, kill 40

Sun Sep 29, 2013 19:37:25

Boko Haram gunmen have opened fire in a college dormitory in northeast Nigeria as the students slept, killing at least 40 people.

Tunisian government accepts plan to step down

Sat Sep 28, 2013 18:05:46

Tunisia's government has agreed to resign after upcoming negotiations with the secular opponents in a bid to put an end to the ongoing political impasse in the North African country.

4th generation US arms stolen by extremists in Libya

Thu Sep 26, 2013 22:04:03

Massive amounts of highly sensitive US military equipment have been stolen by extremist salafists in Libya, American news channel Fox News has reported.

Sudan fuel subsidy protests take more lives

Thu Sep 26, 2013 19:07:22

Death toll in clashes between Sudanese protesters and security forces increases to 30.

Egypt receives $2bn Kuwait deposit

Thu Sep 26, 2013 14:21:28

Egypt's central bank has received a $2 billion deposit from Kuwait, the governor said on Thursday.

Briton arrested in Kenya mall attack, ‘137 hostages’ killed

Wed Sep 25, 2013 13:22:57

A British national has been arrested in Nairobi over the bloody attack on a shopping mall by Somali militants, a spokeswoman for the Foreign Office says.

3 Americans, British woman among attackers of Kenya mall

Tue Sep 24, 2013 09:10:46

Two or three young American men and a British woman are among the group of attackers who have stormed a Nairobi mall, Kenya's top diplomat says.

Kenya terror attack: All hostages released from Israeli mall

Tue Sep 24, 2013 08:16:57

Kenya has announced security forces have released all hostages from a mall in the capital city of Nairobi.

Blasts, gunfire at Kenya mall siege

Mon Sep 23, 2013 21:55:26

Kenyan security forces were locked in a fierce final battle with militants inside an upmarket Nairobi shopping mall on Monday after huge explosions and heavy gunfire echoed from the complex.

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