“Security sources said the roadside bomb was likely planted by ISIS fighters, who remain active in the mountainous Bari region despite years of counterterrorism operations.” Why can’t they eradicate them? Because there are many within the security forces who are sympathetic to them. And because the Islamic State jihadis are likely better funded and better […]
Africa surpasses 150,000 deaths linked to jihad groups in past decade
Israel can’t be blamed, and so as far as the establishment media is concerned, there is no news here. “Africa Surpasses 150,000 Deaths Linked to Militant Islamist Groups in Past Decade,” Africa Center for Strategic Studies, July 28, 2025: Escalating violence in the Sahel and Somalia has caused fatalities linked to militant Islamist groups in […]
Somalia: Jihadis capture two towns, reclaim control of another after 12 years
Why are so many jihad groups in Africa more powerful than the national armies that ostensibly oppose them? Who finances and equips the jihadis? “Al-Qaeda Affiliate Al-Shabab Claims Capturing Two Towns In Southern Somalia, Reclaiming Control Of Town In Central Somalia After 12 Years,” MEMRI, July 28, 2025.
China arms Houthis, Houthis make pact with Al-Shabab that threatens Red Sea shipping
The Red Sea is a critically important route for companies that are shipping goods from Asia to Europe. It accounts for about “15% of total global sea trade.” The Houthis have been disrupting those shipping routes since early 2024, thus affecting the price of goods, which are now costing more to ship and are taking longer to […]
Ilhan Omar: America ‘One of the Worst Countries,’ Worse Than Somalia
Why won’t she leave? Rep. Ilhan Omar, who was praised by a former Somali prime minister as following not “the interest of Minnesota, nor is it the interest of the American people, the interest of Ilhan is that of the Somalian people and Somalia,” has some thoughts about the country that took her in. From The […]
Somalia: Jihad suicide bomber murders 20 at military recruitment center in Mogadishu
“Indeed, Allah has bought from the believers their lives and their wealth, because the garden will be theirs, they will fight in the way of Allah and will kill and be killed. It is a promise that is binding on him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur’an. Who fulfills his covenant better […]
Kenya: Jihadists Target Majority-Christian Country
This month marks the ten-year anniversary of when Islamic terrorists stormed the Garissa University College in Kenya, murdering 148 Christian students and injuring at least 79. On April 2, 2015, gunmen took over 700 students hostage at the university campus. According to the witnesses, the terrorists asked the victims about their religion and segregated the […]
Somalia: Islamic jihadis say they have captured town following ‘large-scale’ jihad attacks, seized spoils of war
And here once again, the national government’s forces were either unable or unwilling to stop them. “Al-Qaeda Affiliate Al-Shabab Claims Capturing Town In Southern Somalia Following ‘Large-Scale Attacks,’ Reports Casualties, Captives, Seized Spoils,” MEMRI, April 16, 2025.
Trump vows not to let Houthis flee to Somalia and hide there
He is vowing to obliterate the group altogether. The same vow has been made regarding Hamas. Both, as of this writing, still exist, but of course, the last chapter has not yet been written. However, issuing too many empty threats will just make him look weak. Decisive action must follow. “US won’t let ‘terrorists’ hide […]
Muslim leader: ‘I call on Muslims to wage jihad against the enemies of Allah’ to liberate Somalia from ‘Crusaders’
I’ll bet you didn’t know there were any Crusaders in Somalia. And of course there aren’t. But when rousing Muslims to wage jihad, jihadis often claim that a religious war is being waged against Islam and Allah. Yet such a war exists only in the jihadis’ imagination; the West certainly isn’t fighting it. “Senior Al-Shabab […]