France is looking at the sophisticated propaganda, indoctrination and other methods used to recruit terrorists, including social media and video games, as part of its wide-ranging campaign to eradicate “the devastating force of terrorism,” the country’s justice minister said Tuesday. Christiane Taubira told an open meeting of the U.N. Security[…]
Terrorist organisations and organised crime are working together, Werksmans Attorneys said on Wednesday. “There is a convenient unholy alliance that has developed between traditional organised crime groups and terrorist groups,” head of business crime and forensics Bernard Hotz told reporters in Johannesburg. “If you look at the rationale about white[…]
Opinion by Iqbal Jassat During the era of Nelson Mandela’s first cabinet in post-apartheid South Africa, a controversial report on so-called Muslim terrorism marked “top secret” emerged. While the government at the time denied any knowledge of its existence and sought to distance itself from it, the malicious intent of[…]
Amidst a rise in extremist activity across Northern Africa and the Middle East, The Iraqi Embassy in South Africa spearheaded a discussion on ways to curb the escalating threat. On Thursday, the embassy hosted a symposium at its offices in Pretoria, bringing together over 80 participants including several foreign diplomats,[…]
Saudi Arabia said Sunday it has arrested 135 suspects for “terrorism” offences, after the kingdom’s participation in air strikes against Islamic State group extremists raised concerns about possible retaliation. The suspects include 26 foreign nationals, mostly from Syria, interior ministry spokesman General Mansour al-Turki said, cited by the official Saudi Press[…]
British police have taken a 25-year-old woman into custody on suspicion of radical offences related to the ongoing civil war in Syria, officials have said. Officers from London’s Counter Terrorism Command said on Wednesday that they had detained the woman in Bedfordshire, north of the capital, on suspicion of preparing[…]
Saudi Arabia will not allow any activity that could undermine the security and safety of pilgrims and violate the sanctity of Haj, said Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Naif. Saudi security forces are capable of confronting any terrorist group or individual, he said. Prince Mohammed, who is chairman of the[…]
Witnesses in the trial of four men accused of helping the gunmen behind Kenya’s Westgate mall massacre said Tuesday their identities had been falsely used to secure telephones used in planning the attack. The slow moving trial in Nairobi — which opened in January — has heard evidence from people who[…]
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