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What did Nelson Mandela really think of the UK?
On his trips to London, Nelson Mandela praised the UK for its help in the struggle. But did the British state really come to his aid during all those years in captivity?
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Islamist militants from the al-Qaeda linked al-Shabaab group claim responsibility for a bombing attack on a hotel in Somalias capital, Mogadishu, in which 11 people have died.
Among the most feared of al-Qaeda’s affiliates, al-Shabaab was behind the Westgate shopping mall attack in Kenya. Jamal Osman attended one of its training camps in the Somali bush.
After Islamist fighters seize Western-backed rebel weapons warehouses, the United States and Britain suspend non-lethal aid to northern Syria.
On his trips to London, Nelson Mandela praised the UK for its help in the struggle. But did the British state really come to his aid during all those years in captivity?
The nuclear deal is just a start of what could become a major shift in alliances in the Middle East. What happened in Geneva may have huge ramifications in Damascus and beyond.
Rebels linked to al-Qaeda reportedly take the largest oil field in eastern Syria, leaving the Assad regime dependent on oil imports.
As three Royal Marines face a court martial on allegations of murder, Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson reports on the judge’s decision not to release crucial footage.
People are beginning to question the judgement of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s icon of democracy, and an interview she gave about the Rohingya will add to those doubts.
Last month’s terror attack at the Westgate shopping centre in Kenya showed how media-savvy al-Shabaab is. As Jamal Osman writes, the jihadist group’s media office is small but determined.
A British Libyan is challenging the Metropolitan Police and the home secretary over the right to a solicitor when stopped entering the UK under controversial Schedule 7 powers.
Inspectors overseeing the destruction of Syria’s chemicals weapons in the midst of civil war win the Nobel peace prize.
Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has been released after being taken by force at a hotel in Tripoli and held for several hours by a group of former rebels.
Reports that some of the al-Shabaab terrorists, who attacked the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi, escaped are likely to be true, writes Jamal Osman. Now they can expect a life of hero worship.
Al-Shabaab, the terrorist group that attacked Nairobi’s Westgate shopping centre, continues its campaign against the Kenyan government with attacks on border towns.
The Westgate siege is over. But with reports that some of the al-Shabaab fighters could still be in the mall and conflicting updates from officials and witnesses, what do we know about the militants?