UN Urges Exit Screening for Ebola at Some Airports
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...
WHO: Ebola outbreak vastly underestimated
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...
Ebola epidemic: WHO declares global emergency
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...
Boko Haram: A New Type of Terror?
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...
Drones Aid U.N. Peacekeeping Missions in Africa
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...
U.S. Army Still Active in Somalia
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...
Nigeria: How Security Threats Unravel New Markets
By Meidata
Nigeria is increasingly prominent in the international media in the context of security issues, especially in light of news regarding the abduction...
U.S. Drones Deployed to Locate Nigerian Girls
Unmanned systems 2014 - The US has deployed a Predator drone team of 80 military personnel — mostly airmen — to Chad to help...
Nigera Wants Drones to Look For Kidnapped Girls
Unmanned systems 2014 - The Nigerian government has asked the U.S. to provide it with drones, to aid in the search efforts for the...
Africa vs. Cyber Crime
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...
Rising Threat: West-African Pirates
A rising threat: Piracy along West-African shores * Ships have been warned against gangs of Nigerian pirates * The main targets: Oil and gas...
Kenyan Security Crippled by Lack of Funds
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 To Acquire UAV Developer
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...
Islamic Terror Rages in Africa
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...
New Patrol Boats to Defend Nigerian Facilities
International Damen Shipyards has delivered an FCS 3307 Patrol boat to Nigerian operator Homeland Integrated Offshore Services Limited (HIOSL) that it will use for...
Nigerian Police Order South African Protected Vehicles
South African DCD Protected Mobility has been training Nigerian Police Force personnel on the Springbuck VI armoured personnel carrier at its facilities at Isando...
Boko Haram: An Update
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 Under Constant Security Threat
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...
Kenya’s Defense Budget on the Rise
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...
Africa: A Rising Threat of Terror
A new study on North Africa and the Sahel reports that terrorist attacks in the region “increased an alarming 60 percent” in 2013, to...
The African Arms Market: An Optimistic Business Review
Over the next decade, the gross domestic product (GDP) among African countries is expected to rise by an average of 6 percent a year,...
France Deploys UAVs in Mali
France will deploy its first U.S-made unarmed surveillance drones to West Africa by the end of the year.
France's military intervention in Mali in January...
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