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said on Sunday [Aug. 22]. 10 Daesh Suspects Arrested In Istanbul Nigerian Government Says "Safe to Assume" Boko Haram Leader is Dead On August 23, Nigeria's government said that it no longer has any doubts that Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram, is dead. • Reports of Shekau's death first eme

rested In Istanbul [Turkey] [Yeni Safak — TUR] • Five suspects were arrested in Turkey on Thursday [Aug. 26] during operations against the Daesh and al- Qaeda terror groups. The suspects were seized in simultaneous raids at nine different places in seven districts of Istanbul. • From Middle East Monitor —

December 31, 2012 U.S. Tax Status (see Tax Status Definitions) 501(c)(3) Public Charity Geographic Location(s) of Project Field work: Pakistan, Nigeria, Somalia INTERNATIONAL PEACE INSTITUTE SEPTEMBER 4, 2013 1 EFTA_R1_01976466 EFTA02678411 IPI Offices: New York, Vienna, Manama IPI PROPOSAL: P

ign. In particular, the Sahel countries of Mali, Niger, Mauritania, and Burkina Faso may become vulnerable to similar campaigns, as the influence of Al-Quaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), which shares institutional links with Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab, is growing in the region. As a result of massive in

ines. Areas where there is instability and weak governance are particularly vulnerable. Polio was limited to a few isolated regions of Afghanistan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia and Syria but due to intensifying conflict and low immunization levels the disease was able to spillover to neighboring states E

of the group's founders were either trained or fought in Afghanistan. Upon their return to Somalia, connections were forged with remnant members of Al-Qaeda's mostly defunct East African branch. The international jihadist strain within Al-Shabaab views its mission as protecting the Islamic Community world

was anything but a knockout blow. Today a resurgent terrorist movement can point to significant achievements in the Libya-Mali theater, in northern Nigeria, Syria, Iraq, Yemen and elsewhere. The closure of 20 American diplomatic facilities this month was a major moral victory for the terrorists, demon

out commitment." That observation stands. It explains the Obama administration's enthusiasm for a massive, drone-led assassination campaign against al-Oaeda terrorists. And it applies with particular force to a prospective, U.S.-led attack on the Syrian government in response to its use of chemical wea

ly a tax cut for consumers. The Economist =stimates that the average U.S. motorist could save $800. But economies heavily relia=t on oil revenues — Nigeria, Russia and Venezuela for example (0=94 will suffer dearly. So may heavily indebted oil companies. For every $1 drop in the pri=e of crude, Venezuel

vain or even slightly embarrassing endeavor. Indeed, who co=Id have expected a year ago that Russia would take over Crimea, ISIS would break out of AI Qaeda and declare a caliphate, the US would start bombing Syria and Iraq while approaching a nuclear deal with Iran, or that Ebola would ravaged three wes

EFTA00598395 The West African regional grouping Ecowas agreed to launch a coordinated military expedition to recapture the north at a meeting in Nigeria in November, with UN backing. Preparations are expected to take several months. Music stars Despite its political travails, Mali is renowned world

LA and Islamist Ansar Dine rebel groups merge and declare northern Mali to be an Islamic state. Ansar Dine begins to impose Islamic law in Timbuktu. AI-Qaeda in North Africa endorses the deal. 2012 June-July - Ansar Dine and its Al-Qaeda ally turn on the MNLA and capture the main northern cities of Timb

e cuts in oil production and loss of significant revenue. - More importantly, Gaddafi’s massive weapons stocks have directly flowed to Boko Haram in Nigeria, terrorist groups in Mali and to arm other movements in Tunisia — as well as financing them via the sales and trading of these weapons. - The US and

t arranged for a $46 billion investment in pipelines from one end of Pakistan to the coastal city of Gwadar. - India is not happy we suspect al-Qaeda and ISIS in the northern region are not happy about this, either. - Will China build a naval port, too? We believe so. Deutsche Bank Global Public

on treaty with Russia, the NATO intervention in Libya, the withdrawal from Iraq, ongoing trade negotiations with China, and of course, the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Overview: Obama is a much different candidate today from the senator who distinguished himself by his opposition to the "dumb

ere military advisors have been sent to aid in the fight against the long- running insurgency by the Lord's Resistance Army. There's speculation that Nigeria may be next. It's a measure of how much things have changed in the last four years that Republicans are now attacking the Democratic president for tr