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The Ebola epidemic is continuing to spread, with the current death toll at 1500 and the number of patients estimated at 2500. This outbreak...

Syria conflict: Islamic State seizes Tabqa airbase. Fighters from Islamic State (IS) have taken control of a key Syrian government airbase, activists say. The...

Ebola-affected countries should immediately begin exit screening all passengers leaving international airports, sea ports and major ground crossings, the U.N. health agency said. The agency...

Aid agencies call for global response as WHO admits extraordinary measures are needed to contain disease amid rampant fear The WHO has been criticized for...

Facing the worst known outbreak of the Ebola virus, with almost 1,000 fatalities in West Africa, the World Health Organization declared an international public...

A recently published analysis by IHS Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Center, offers insights on how to predict future attacks by Islamist militant group Boko...

More and more, drones are flying over some of the toughest peacekeeping missions in the world, improving the United Nations’ intelligence-gathering capability, but also...

The U.S is still active in Somalia. The US military has secretly maintained forces in Somalia since 2007, despite earlier public statements claiming it...

By Meidata Nigeria is increasingly prominent in the international media in the context of security issues, especially in light of news regarding the abduction...

Unmanned systems 2014 - The US has deployed a Predator drone team of 80 military personnel — mostly airmen — to Chad to help...

Unmanned systems 2014 - The Nigerian government has asked the U.S. to provide it with drones, to aid in the search efforts for the...

West-African states are cracking down on cyber-crime. The ECOWAS organization, the Economic Community of West African States, has announced the establishment of Computer Emergency...

A rising threat: Piracy along West-African shores * Ships have been warned against gangs of Nigerian pirates * The main targets: Oil and gas...

Kenya is luring more terror groups as its security forces are not capable of handling basic security problems Kenya may be facing a heightened risk...

Facebook, one of the primary backers of the Internet.org initiative, which aims to bring affordable Internet access to the 5 billion people in the...

The world does not care and the Islamic terror is killing people At least ninety people have been killed in three weekend attacks over the...

International Damen Shipyards has delivered an FCS 3307 Patrol boat to Nigerian operator Homeland Integrated Offshore Services Limited (HIOSL) that it will use for...

South African DCD Protected Mobility has been training Nigerian Police Force personnel on the Springbuck VI armoured personnel carrier at its facilities at Isando...

By Mr. David Doukhan Ph.D. Student, Department of Political Sciences, Bar Ilan University In my previous review, entitled: Who are you, Boko Haram? (dated December 2012)...

Italy’s defense minister is warning that criminal groups with potential links to terrorism are profiting from running migrant vessels across the Mediterranean to European...

A new report says Kenya's annual defense budget will grow from the US$4.3 billion recorded in the last few years to US$5.5 billion by...

A new study on North Africa and the Sahel reports that terrorist attacks in the region “increased an alarming 60 percent” in 2013, to...

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