Somalia militants plan to train students
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The Islamic militia that controls much of southern Somalia said Tuesday it will train students for holy war against foreign peacekeepers, an ominous development amid fears that a Taliban-style regime is emerging in the country.
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Somalia's interim government increases security around its base after an attempt to kill President Yusuf.
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The militant group is poised to sponsor candidates in legislative and municipal elections expected later next year.
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Militants in the country's tribal belt seem to be maneuvering for time and space, analysts say.
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A SECRET government report says Muslim guerillas in the southern Philippines have hosted terror training camps for militants from Indonesia and Malaysia for at least seven years.
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In a new effort to end the growing Taliban insurgency, a council of Afghan political and tribal leaders hopes to hold talks with elements of the Islamic group aimed at including them in the government.
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Militant groups including al Qaeda  are exploiting lawless areas in the seven-nation Horn of Africa  region to hide, recruit and train members and possibly plan  attacks, the head of the region's U.S.-led anti-terror force  said Monday.
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NAIROBI, Kenya -- Islamic insurgents in Somalia have created a video showing a man reciting prayers from the Koran before apparently blowing himself up in a suicide blast, the latest sign the extremists are adopting tactics used in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Middle East.
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A school in Burgundy is seeking to train moderate imams to preach to France's Muslims.
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As Islamists take over Somalia, its Western-backed neighbor Ethiopia prepares for war.
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U.S. marines will train Mauritania's military in counter-insurgency tactics this month as the Islamic state straddling the Sahara confronts what diplomats see as an increased threat from al Qaeda.
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Islamic insurgents in Somalia have created a video showing a man reciting prayers from the Quran before apparently blowing himself up in a suicide blast, the latest sign the extremists are adopting tactics used in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East.
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A Yemeni cleric on trial for allegedly helping terrorist groups told FBI informants that he could arrange for their associates to receive military training by Hamas, according to a transcript read in federal ...
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NAIROBI, June 19 -- Far from being defeated, Somalia's opposition groups are politically uniting, strengthening, and planning a conference next month to hone their strategy for ousting the Somali government and the Ethiopian troops backing  it, according to a recent statement issued by the groups...
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Al-Qaida militants are operating with "great comfort" in Somalia, providing training and assistance to a radical military element loyal to the Islamic group that controls most of southern Somalia, a senior State Department official said Wednesday.
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Militiamen loyal to the fundamentalist Islamic group that appears determined to rule Somalia are advancing on one of the last remaining commercial ports outside of their control, an official said Wednesday.
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Residents of the town housing Somalia's interim government stocked up with provisions on Friday as troops tested weaponry ahead of a feared attack by rival Islamists in the Horn of Africa nation.