Algeria jails ex-counter-terror chief

A court in Ethiopia sentences 18 Muslims, including clerics and a journalist, to up to 22 years in prison under controversial anti-terrorism legislation.

A Kenyan court yesterday jailed alleged British terrorist Jermaine Grant for nine years for forging documents, after an appeal court overturned his acquittal.

The dismissal of Algeria's secretive head of intelligence, Mohamed Mediene, is one of the biggest political shake-ups in the North African country's recent memory, writes the BBC's Rana Jawad.

Meeting him for the first time, he looks like any other 14 year old boy who enjoys playing games on the laptop, riding his bicycle and enjoys playing basketball when he is not doing his homework or helping out in their family shop.

The East African Community (EAC) will soon start developing an action plan on the implementation of its Counter Terrorism Strategy adopted last April.

You’re increasingly getting fed up with the counter at your local pub. Why, some readers must be asking, because they’ve known you as a diehard counter adherent for the many years this column has been in existence. You’re avoiding the noise.

There’s this old buddy who, for some reason, believes he owes you a beer. He had called you today asking where you are. You told him. “Please stay there-there; I want to come and buy you beer,” he had said.

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Tanzania receives R44 helicopter for counter-poaching duties
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A Robinson R44 Raven helicopter. The Tanzanian Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism has taken delivery of an R44 helicopter from the Howard Buffet Foundation to provide aerial support for combating the escalating poaching in its game reserves.