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Jasmine Opperman – Why is Mozambique becoming a terrorist hotspot

Borealis talks to Jasmine Opperman about a dangerous Islamist terrorism campaign that is taking place in northern Mozambique.

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November 8, 2016: Massacre in northern Nigeria

At least 30 gold miners were killed in northern Nigeria in November 2016, quite possibly by Boko Haram terrorists.

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Tunisia is facing a grave Islamist extremist threat

Thousands of Tunisians went to fight for ISIS and many more were prevented from doing so. Borealis discusses the nature of this problem in Tunisia.

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October 26, 1868: White supremacist riots in Louisiana, United States

Many were killed in a white supremacist riot against African Americans in the southern US in October 1868 in the aftermath of the civil war.

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October 3, 1980: Bombing of a synagogue in Paris

A 1980 motorcycle bomb planted by the PFLP outside a synagogue in Paris killed four and wounded more than 40,

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September 21, 2013: Westgate shopping mall attack in Kenya

Four members of the Somali terrorist group Al Shabaab were able to sustain an 80-hour siege at Nairobi’s Westgate Mall killing 67 Kenyans.

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September 19, 1988: Downing of French UTA Flight 772 over Sahara

Libya is beleved to have been behind the 1988 downing of a French flight from Congo to Paris in which all 156 passengers and 14 crew were killed.

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When terrorism charges are unwarranted

What if some accused of terrorist offences are not in fact terrorists at all? Borealis looks at the cases of Paul Rusesabagina and Eskinder Nega.

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September 12, 1986: Bombing at Paris shopping mall

A little know Arab terrorist group engaged in a series of bombings against commercial establishments in Paris in 1985-86 to push for freeing prisoners.

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September 7, 1995: Car bomb explodes near Jewish school in Lyon, France

On this day in 1995, Algeria’s GIA terrorist group exploded a car bomb outside a Jewish school in Lyon, France, injuring 14