Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud vowed this week that his government will eradicate the threat of al-Shabab and other terrorist groups in his country. “We are now confident that with enhanced public support, our government will eliminate terrorism from Somalia,” Mohamud said in his address Sept. 22, 2022, to the U.N. General Assembly in New York. Somali army forces backed […]
World Leaders Send Condolences Terrorist attacks have created havoc in Christchurch New Zealand killing 49 people and wounding many others at two mosques. A gunman who identified himself as an Australian posted a live-stream of the rampage at Al Noor mosque to Facebook. In a tweet, Prime Minister Ardern said, “What has happened in Christchurch is an extraordinary act of […]
President Donald Trump received a backlash on Sunday for criticizing London’s mayor in the aftermath of attacks in the city that killed seven people and injured at least 48 others. The President turned to his favorite social media platform Twitter to vent his wrath against London Mayor Sadiq Khan who said Britons should not be alarmed to see more police […]
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May has called for a new approach to combatting extremism and reckoned that greater international regulation of the Internet must be part of this new strategy. She posited the view that big Internet companies were partly responsible for providing the space for extreme ideology to develop and flourish and therefore ought to be held accountable. “Enough […]
President Obama in his weekly address noted that Americans have shown what it means to be strong in the face of terrorism. He pointed to the fact that in San Bernardino although the people in that community continue to grieve, they have refused to allow fear to overcome them. He further said, “Across the county, dedicated public servants are on the […]
According to Ned Price, U.S. National Security Council (NSC) spokesperson, Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali, also known as Hajji Mutazz, the second in command of the terrorist group ISIL, was killed in a U.S. military air strike on August 18 while traveling in a vehicle near Mosul, Iraq, along with an ISIL media operative known as Abu Abdullah. Al-Hayali was an ISIL […]
