Africa
New Perimeter Security Measures On Tunisia-Libya Border Fence
The United States is funding a multi-million project to erect an electronic surveillance system along the border between Libya and Tunisia. The US has...
In Salah Rocket Attack – Perimeter Security Failure
Terrorists have attacked this month the secure BP-Statoil operated In Salah gas facility in Algeria. The attackers fired rockets and RPGs, according to Statoil,...
Drones Give Edge In Fight Against Poaching
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are finally giving conservationists a significant lead in the fight against poachers. Lindbergh Foundation’s Air Shepherd Initiative employs drones to...
Australia Seizes More Than 2,000 Weapons On Boat Bound to Somalia
More than 2,000 weapons including assault rifles, rocket launchers and machine guns were found hidden under fishing nets in a Somalia-bound boat, Australian Navy...
Is The US to Send Troops To Africa?
The United State could soon send hundreds of military advisers to the front line of the raging battle against Islamist terrorist organisation Boko Haram...
ISIL Reaches East Africa, Already Attacks
More than 200 fighters of the Somali militant group al-Shabab have reportedly defected from the al-Qaida affiliate and established the first coherent Islamic State...
Europe has lost in its efforts to stop the migrant boats from Libya
The European has lost its war against the flow of illegal immigrants from Libya. Israeli sources told i-HLS that the "boat line" between Libya...
Flying Cameras?
A United Nations panel on technological development has called for peacekeeping missions to be equipped with unmanned drones to survey conflict zones. Despite the...
ISIS and al-Qaeda in Mauritania?
Training camps in Mauritania train foreign recruits for ISIS, al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (ISIS) could be working together at al-Qaeda-run training camps in...
South Africa refuses to give up Cache of weapon-grade Uranium
According to various reports, back in 1990, the South African government at the time extracted the country's inventory of highly enriched uranium from its...
Embargo on Israeli sale of used helicopters to Nigeria
The U.S has blocked any sales of surplus American-made weapon systems by Israel to Nigeria. The Americans also indicated that Israeli made systems should...
South Africa offers an armed UAS
South African company Denel has cleared its Seeker-400 UAS (unmanned aerial system) for imminent production this year. The system is being offered in two...
Terrorism challenge is big and growing
Threats from terrorism will continue to challenge the United States. This, according to U.S. counterterrorism analysts
In a recent congressional testimony, James Clapper, Director of...
Two names – one terror organization
Nigeria’s Islamist group Boko Haram has declared its allegiance to Islamic State. In a video posted online, Boko Haram’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, in an...
Counterterrorism laws in Europe outdated
As though anyone still entertained any doubts, Europe’s counterterrorism laws cannot deal with the current situation where terror groups are flooding the continent. This...
UK getting ready for terrorists using weaponized Ebola virus
This is a threat taken very seriously by Britain. At the height of the Ebola crisis in West Africa last year, British military experts...
More Rams for African forces
An undisclosed country in Africa recently signed a contract with the Israeli authorities to acquire armored vehicles. The deal was just cleared by the...
Egypt’s War in the Sinai Peninsula: A Struggle that Goes beyond Egypt
Egypt is in the midst of a war that can be categorized as a low-intensity conflict. This category represents a common pattern of military...
South African UAV regulations almost ready
South Africa wants to use more unmanned air vehicles (UAV) and is preparing the needed regulations.
South Africa is set to have its new UAV...
Suicide Attacks in 2014: The Global Picture
Since the start of the millennium, suicide attacks have become a common mode of operation for many terrorist groups around the world, particularly Sunni...
Pirates Hijack Military Gunboat in Nigeria’s Oil Delta
Nigeria's military says pirates hijacked a military gunboat and three soldiers are missing after the ambush in the southern oil-rich state of Bayelsa.
Spokesman Col....
Ebola: Australian-run center in Sierra Leone opens for business
An Australian-run medical center for Ebola patients has opened in Sierra Leone overnight, the foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop, has announced.
Australia’s Foreign affairs minister...
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