Hope that talks with Islamist rebels in Somalia might lead to the rapid release of two French agents has receded amid conflicting reports over the status of negotiations. The pair, French defence officials on a mission to support Somalia’s transition government, were seized from a Mogadishu hotel room and are believed to be in the…
Two French nationals kidnapped after gunmen stormed into a hotel in Mogadishu are now being held by a Somali al-Qaeda-linked group, according to reports. The two French security advisers will be tried under Sharia law, claims an official from their captors, the Islamic al-Shabab militia. The unnamed spokesperson said they would be tried for spying…
According to a new report from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, the administration of Barack Obama should reach out and work closely with Muslim communities to counter homegrown radicalization of extremist forms of Islam represented by al-Qaeda and its allies. While the report makes clear that US Muslims do not suffer from the…
