Al Qaeda | al-Qa’eda

Sudan became a notorious refuge for militant Islamists in In the early 1990s, including Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden who was based in the country from 1991 to 1996.

Al-Qaeda’s presence led to American sanctions on Sudan that have continued ever since.

In 2011 Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan by US special forces.

Al Jazeera English | Inside Story - Is N Africa Al-Qaeda’s new front? | 12 Dec. 2007

Ethiopia produces first military drone aircraft
Thursday 14 February 2013
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle February 14, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – An Ethiopian military source has told Sudan Tribune that the country has built the first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone which could be used for multiple purposes. A US (...)
Leader of Al-Qaeda in Sudan killed in Mali: reports
Saturday 23 February 2013
February 22, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The leader of Sudan’s Al-Qaeda in the Land of the Two Niles group, Abu Hazim, was killed in an airstrike carried out recently by French warplanes on the positions of jihadists in northern Mali. An (...)
JEM rebels "sight" Malian rebels in north Darfur
Monday 18 February 2013
February 18, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), one of several rebel groups fighting a decade-long war against Khartoum in Sudan’s western region of Darfur, Monday claimed that they have detected and documented (...)
US fear of Horn of Africa radicals overblown-expert
Monday 7 February 2005
By Matthew Green ADDIS ABABA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Fears that the Horn of Africa could become an incubator for international Islamic extremism are overblown, partly because plans to sow such militancy have already failed, a regional (...)
African Union agrees on tougher anti-terror action
Saturday 16 October 2004
By Paul de Bendern ALGIERS, Oct 14 (Reuters) - African governments agreed on Thursday to push for tougher action to root out the terrorism that still threatens the continent despite the anti-terror campaign in force since September (...)
Sudan served as a hub for receiving Al-Qaeda suspects nabbed by CIA: report
Tuesday 5 February 2013
February 5, 2013 (WASHINGTON) – The CIA transferred five individuals suspected of having links to Al-Qaeda from Malawi to Sudan in 2003, according to a report released on Tuesday. A new report reveals Sudan provided assistance to the (...)
Belgian police arrests Al Qaeda suspects
Sunday 11 July 2004
BRUSSELS, July 10 (Reuters) - Belgian police late Friday arrested two suspected Sudanese members of Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda movement at the Brussels airport, Belgian VTM commercial television station said Saturday. VTM said the two (...)
Eritrea continues to destabilise region, says Ethiopia
Saturday 28 September 2013
September 27, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopia on Friday accused arch-rival Eritrea of continuing to destabilise the East African region by supporting armed groups and terrorists organisations such as Al-Qaida allied Al-Shabaab. Ethiopia (...)
Obama urges Ethiopia’s new leader to promote human rights, security
Sunday 26 August 2012
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle August 25, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - US president, Barack Obama, has spoken with Ethiopia’s acting prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, who has become nation’s new leader following the death of his predecessor on 21 (...)
Ethiopia sentences Kenyan, nine others for plotting terror attacks
Thursday 17 January 2013
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle January 16, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - A court in Ethiopia on Tuesday passed jail terms against nine individuals including one Kenyan national who are alleged to be members of a terrorist cell affiliated with Al Qaeda’s (...)

Pages : previous page | 1 | 2 | 3 | next page

The following ads are provided by Google. SudanTribune has no authority on it.

Sudan Tribune

Promote your Page too

Latest Comments & Analysis

The influence of facetious leaders in South Sudan 2018-12-03 18:44:28 By Daniel Abushery Daniel It's like that old saying, "Everybody's talking about the weather, but nobody ever does anything about it:" Public consultation is essential and healthy where there are (...)

Will Khartoum peace agreement bring reform or maintain tyranny? 2018-12-01 05:41:01 By Duop Chak Wuol Known for operating with a vicious precision, his trademark is ruthlessness, and how he manoeuvres his political rivals is irrefutably effective. Salva Kiir, the man in (...)

US-Sudanese relations: moths to the fire 2018-11-25 11:07:23 By Muhammad Osman & Magdi el Gizouli The rapprochement between Sudan and the U.S. progresses with the pace of an anxious flirtation. Less than two years since it began in 2015, that (...)

MORE

Latest Press Releases

Progress observed at end of second month of R-ARCSS implementation 2018-10-22 06:44:02 Press Release 21 October 2018 South Sudanese government released 24 detainees in the implementation of the revitalized peace agreement said the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (...)

4th Annual Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum Announced for 25th October 2018 2018-10-15 12:38:14 PRESS RELEASE OCTOBER 14, 2018 Africa’s leading entrepreneurship-focused philanthropic organisation, the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), has announced October 25, 2018, as the date for its (...)

Unity State community in Kenya supports Khartoum peace agreement 2018-08-17 08:33:21 PRESS STATMENT 14th Aug, 2018 Re: We shall Rally behind Khartoum Peace Agreement The Unity State Community Association in Kenya was established in 2010 to organize and mobilize the people of (...)

MORE