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March 18, 2015: Gunmen attack museum in Tunisia

On this day in 2015 two gunmen killed nineteen people, including 17 foreign tourists, in an attack on the Bardo museum in Tunis.

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March 17, 2014: Army academy bombed in Libya

On this day in 2014 several car bombs exploded at a Libyan army academy in the eastern city of Benghazi, killing at least eight people and wounding more than a dozen

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March 16, 2016: Two female suicide bombers attack mosque in Nigeria

On this day in 2016 two female suicide bombers attacked a mosque in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing 22 worshippers

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March 13, 2016: Gunmen target beach resort in Ivory Coast

On this day in 2016 at least 16 people were killed in a gun attack on a beach resort in southern Ivory Coast.

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When terrorists and criminals collaborate

When terrorists turn to crime it may be to the benefit of law enforcement and security intelligence agencies by making prosecutions easier

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March 10, 2012: Grenade attack at bus station in Kenya

On this day in 2012 at least six people were killed and more than 60 injured in an attack at a busy bus station in the Kenyan capital city, Nairobi

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March 8, 2016: Terrorist claims Allah called him to stab man in Uruguay

On this day in 2016 a Uruguayan businessman was stabbed to death in the city of Paysandu near the Argentine border by a convert to Islam

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This week in terrorism: February 22-28, 2021

Listing all acts of terrorism that occurred in the world last week from the 22nd to the 28th of February 2021.

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Do we need intelligence to stop nuclear weapons proliferation?

If there is a threat that is truly ‘existential’ to life on Earth it has to be nuclear weapons proliferation. So, how do we stop it?

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February 26, 2012: Tit-for-tat attacks in Nigeria

On this day in 2012 a suicide car bomber killed at least three people who were at morning prayers in a church in the central Nigerian city of Jos.