Terrorism Africa News AU The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Jean Ping, today appointed Mr. Francisco Caetano Jose Madeira, from Mozambique, as his Special Representative in charge of Counter‐Terrorism Cooperation and, concurrently, as the Director of the Algiers‐based African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism ... Read More

Terrorist activity is definitely on the rise in Africa over the past three months.  Here are the major events. In July, al-Qaeda of the Islamic Maghreb detonated suicide bombs in outside government offices in to Algerian towns killing officials and civilians. In early September, Nigeria's, terrorist, thorn in the flesh, Boko Haram, ... Read More

  The South African Police Service on Friday said it was closely monitoring international developments following the shooting of Bin Laden.  They have law enforcers on high alert to terrorists attacks, SAPS spokeswoman Colonel Tummi Shai said that all of the country’s security networks are monitoring the current situation. Several of South ... Read More