Govt downplays US terror alert. TRAC says SA becoming more vulnerable.
State Security Minister David Mahlobo has downplayed the US terror alert, saying his department was doing all it could to keep South Africa safe against attacks.
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U.S. to spend up to $550m on African rapid response forces
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States announced on Wednesday plans to spend $110 million a year over the next three to five years to help African nations develop peacekeeping forces that can be rapidly deployed to head off militant threats and other crises. President Barack Obama unveiled the program during the third day of a summit … Read more
Machete-wielding gang kills five in Kenyan village
By Joseph Akwiri MOMBASA Kenya (Reuters) – Attackers armed with machetes killed at least five people in a village on Kenya’s coast close to where gunmen shot down about 65 people last week, officials said on Tuesday. No one claimed responsibility for the attack on Taa village late on Monday, the latest in a string … Read more
Kenyan jets hit al Shabaab bases in Somalia, kill 80
By Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Kenyan fighter jets have attacked two bases belonging to Islamist al Shabaab insurgents in Somalia and killed at least 80 militants, African Union peacekeepers there said on Monday. The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), whose soldiers launched a new offensive against al Shabaab this year, said Kenyan planes … Read more
Hunger still undermines development in Africa
Maryan Aden Ali, a Somali mother of six living in the southern town of Hudur, has not had a proper meal since last month. “As we wake up in the morning, there is no food to have breakfast, forget lunch or dinner,” she says. “Goods like milk, water and medicines have almost disappeared from Hudur.” … Read more
Islamist militants kill 8 more in new attack on Kenya coast
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Somali-linked Islamist militants killed at least eight people in a second night of attacks on Kenya’s coast, after a raid on the town of Mpeketoni left at least 50 dead, the Kenya Red Cross and the Somali rebel group said on Tuesday. Red Cross coordinator for the coast Mwanaisha Hamisi told Reuters … Read more
al Shabaab say they attacked Kenya coastal town
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somali Islamist group al Shabaab claimed responsibility on Monday for an overnight attack on the Kenyan coastal town of Mpeketoni that killed at least 50 people, some of them soccer fans at a venue screening World Cup matches. “Commandos last night carried out a successful raid on the town of Mpeketoni,” al … Read more
Kenya tourism “on knees” after attacks
By James Macharia NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s vital tourism sector is “on its knees” after attacks by al Qaeda-linked Islamist militants carried out in retaliation for its intervention in neighbouring Somalia, President Uhuru Kenyatta said. Kenyatta met ethnic Somali leaders and asked for their help in identifying people they thought may be behind attacks that have dented the president’s plans … Read more