Terror suspect arrested after he’s captured on CCTV mugging school girl

By Citizen Reporter,

By Francis Mtalaki Police officers in Mombasa County are presently holding a terror suspect also believed to be behind several mugging incidents in...

Abdallah Hassan Noordin , Mombasa County. , OCPD Eliud Monari , Old Town , terror

BWIRE: Cross border movements and conflicts require more than security interventions

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire The questioning of eleven Members of Parliament from North Eastern Kenya by police on Sunday on return from a visit to Somalia once...

Garissa residents call for Mohamud Saleh’s return following Al Shabaab attacks

By Citizen Reporter,

The Clergy and Garissa County locals are calling for the former North Eastern Provincial Commissioner Mohamud Saleh to be included in security matters...

BWIRE: Media shouldn’t glorify terrorism

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire As we mourn the loss of lives and destruction of property following the recent terror attacks in Lamu County over the past few days...

lamu , terrorism

UK Interior Ministry offices on lockdown after stabbing

By CNN,

The offices of Britain's interior ministry in London were placed on lockdown Thursday after a man was stabbed on the street outside, in a knife attack...

Britain's interior ministry , United Kingdom (UK)

Court detains three men for taking pictures of Villa Rosa Kempinski Hotel

By Sophie Njagi,

A Nairobi court has detained three men accused of taking pictures of Villa Rosa Kempiski Hotel for five days. The three; Abdi Mohammed Guled, Ibrah...

Villa Rosa Kempiski

Most wanted Mombasa gang leader shot dead by police

By Citizen Reporter,

Police in Mombasa on Sunday gunned down one of the most wanted criminals in the area after months of hunting him down. Dula alias Captian J is beli...

Mombasa gangs , Wakali Wao

Blasts kill soldiers, Shi’ite Muslims in Pakistan

By VOA,

Authorities in Pakistan say a roadside bombing Friday near the Afghan border killed at least four soldiers and injured four others, while two separate...

Afghan war , Pakistan - Afghan border

Shooter kills four people in Darwin, Australia

By Reuters,

A gunman killed four people and wounded one in the Australian city of Darwin on Tuesday, in one of the country’s most violent attacks in years as st...

Australia , Custody , Darwin , gunman , shooter , suspect

Week-long US-Taliban talks end without breakthrough

By VOA,

The Taliban and the United States on Thursday concluded weeklong negotiations in Qatar but reported no significant progress on peace efforts in Afghan...

Commander: No Decision on US Troops in Afghanistan

By VOA,

As the United States and the Taliban begin a new round of negotiations in an effort to move the peace process forward, a senior U.S. military commande...

Bomb scare, suspicious vehicle rattle nervous Sri Lanka amid attack probe

By Reuters,

Sri Lankan authorities locked down the central bank and the road leading to the jittery capital’s airport was shut briefly by a bomb scare on Thursd...

Sri Lanka Bomb scare

Pakistani forces kill five terrorists in Peshawar

By VOA,

Officials in Pakistan announced Tuesday counterterrorism forces have killed five militants in a 17 hour long gun battle in an upscale locality in the ...

pakistani

BWIRE: Battle against violent extremism can be won

By Citizen Reporter,

By Victor Bwire Kenya is firmly on course on dealing with violent extremism (VE), though a number of challenges still face the country’s interven...

Why ISIS is easier for big tech to fight than white supremacy

By CNN,

Social media networks are facing a reckoning for their role in spreading far-right terrorist propaganda, after a deadly attack on a New Zealand mosqu...

ISIS , social media , white supremacy

New Zealand: guns used in mosque attack banned immediately

By VOA,

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced an immediate ban Thursday on semi-automatic and automatic weapons like the ones used in the attacks on two mos...

New Zealand

Suspected white supremacist charged with murder after New Zealand mosque shootings

By Reuters,

Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 28, a suspected white supremacist, was charged with murder on Saturday after 49 people were killed and dozens wou...

New Zealand , white supremacist

BWIRE: Threats to journalists raise concerns about ‘Mighty Men of God’

By Victor Bwire,

It’s the highest form of mockery and absurdity for the men of “God” to resort to harassing journalists and the media because the media has calle...

Press Freedom

Taliban: Afghan cease-fire not part of talks with US

By VOA,

The Taliban is hoping ongoing negotiations with the United States will lead to the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Afghanistan, allowing Afghans...

Afghan , Afghan Taliban , United States

Nigeria elections: Explosions heard hours before presidential vote

By CNN,

Multiple bomb blasts rocked the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri just hours before presidential polls opened on Saturday. The explosions happe...