Sitemap - 2023 - Ujasusi Blog

Potential truce between Islamic State and al Qaeda–linked militants near the Malian-Nigerien border is likely aiding both to strengthen support, increase transnational threat risk

Why the world is shifting towards right-wing control?

South Korea's spy chief Kim Kyou-hyun resigns

The Politicization of Intelligence in Tanzania: An In-depth Analysis of Historical Contexts and Contemporary Implications

Something for your weekend: recommended spy documentary to watch

'The secret German-American plan to force Ukraine into peace talks next year'- paper

Leaked document reportedly reveals that in 2011 the Emir of Qatar instructed that $15mil be paid to Islamist movements in northern Mali and in the Sahel.

ChatGPT is apparently a great surveillance tool

Assessing the Probabilities of Sudan Becoming the Next Libya: A Comprehensive Analysis

All nations spy, but espionage crosses a moral line when it costs normal civilians their jobs.

Gaza war: The political calculations

Ethiopia, Eritrea heading for another war?

'Africa at risk of drone terrorism' - security experts

Global espionage race: US, Israel, Russia,China, who is winning?

Luxembourg: spy chief Doris Woltz quits amid bad publicity on EU and Nato security fails,

Somalia joins East African Community

Israel-Hamas truce comes into effect: How it could now unfold

The Africanization of coups: historical context, causes, and implications

Something for your weekend: recommended spy film to watch

Somalia poised to join EAC today, is it too much, too fast?

'Trump poses the biggest danger to the world in 2024'

Afghanistan: Navigating Kabul Under the Taliban’s Morality Police

The Brutal History of Russia's Alpha Group Special Forces —Part Spy Network, Part Counterterrorism Team, Part General-Purpose Commando Squad

Intelligence insights by @chahali: What happened to #AzoryGwanda, a Tanzanian journalist who "disappered" in November 2017 while investagating "MKIRU killings"?

Gold, arms and mercenaries: On UAE's shadowy networks in Sudan

China welcomes Arab and Muslim foreign ministers for talks on ending war in Gaza

Bangladesh: Spy agency NTMC's database exposed and data compromised

'Germany killed 300,000 Tanzanians during Maji-Maji uprising, it was genocide' - experts

What did Biden-Xi meeting accomplish?

Tanzania: US ambassador Battle, Africa Command, Gen Langley, preside over inauguration of a partnership cornerstone at Defense Intelligence College in Dar

Tanzanian student taken hostage by Hamas confirmed dead

Liberia election results: President George Weah calls Joseph Boakai to congratulate him

Security Trends in Africa: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Landscape in 2024

D.R. Congo elections in December: the Joseph Kabila factor

Nigerians increasingly frustrated at growing disconnect between political class and ordinary people.

Carbon Colonialism: How Rich Countries Export Climate Breakdown

Private Spies: Inside the covert world of spies for hire

Moroccan espionage network in Europe suffers another setback,this time in Netherland, the 4th after troubles in Belgium, Germany and France

"Tanzania: How politicisation of 'tradecraft' - that's the art of intelligence - could hinder spy agency TISS' counter-terror capabilities" - Evarist Chahali

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: A Diplomatic Dance in Africa

Video: How Israel helped create Hamas

Mossad, CIA chiefs meet Qatar PM in Doha on Gaza hostage deal -source

China’s Position on the Israel-Hamas War

Mali: Wagner Group vs Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) and Coordination for Azawad Movements (CAM)

Haftar’s sons rise in Libya’s east, bringing ‘corruption, death, destruction’

Something for your weekend: recommended spy series to watch

Serbia: US-sanctioned, pro-Russia spy chief Aleksandar Vulin resigns less than a year in the post

Ethiopia: rumours of new war - which would be Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's 4th in 5 years.

South Africa faces growing xenophobia problem

China, Russia and Turkey mentioned as active meddlers in French politics and society.

Some African governments are spending millions to spy on their citizens

Somaliland: spy agency NIA detains 10 foreign nationals suspected of ties to terrorism

South Africa Accuses Israel Of Committing Genocide In Gaza

Profile of a spymaster: UAE's 'de-facto' intelligence chief, Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has a black belt in jiu-jitsu

DR Congo: UN sanctions M23 rebel group's spy chief Bernard Byamungu

Instability Surges in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The U.S. Faces a Public Relations Crisis in the Arab and Muslim World

Visa-free Africa: some intelligence and security concerns

Something for your weekend: recommended spy series to watch

North Korea's Kim Jong-un orders support for Palestine in Israel-Hamas war, according to South Korea's spy agency NIS

Overview of Islamic State global ops for Oct 2023

UK issues new terror warning for nationals in Tanzania

Israel-Hamas war: US-Iran war looming?

Islamic State in Greater Sahara (ISGS) expands offensive in Burkina Faso and Niger

The rise of the Twitter spies

Kenya: spy agency NIS gets first female deputy director-general, Agnes Shikuku, in recent major changes by spymaster Noordin Haji

Qatar, Iran, Turkey and beyond: Hamas's network of allies

CIA: Studies in Intelligence 67, No. 3 (September 2023)

Artificial Intelligence: impact on espionage

Is there such a thing as 'smaller states' when it comes to espionage? Recent activities of Egypt, Ethiopia intelligence services vs U.S. offer insights

Rwanda: ex-police chief Gasana arrested, is being investigated for corruption offences.

"No heroes in Hamas-Israel conflict, only victims"- Former Saudi intelligence chief, Prince Turki Al-Faisal

Hamas is not a terrorist organisation but liberation group, says Erdogan

Activities of al-Qaeda and Islamic State branches throughout the Sahel in September 2023.

Tanzania signs a controversial port management deal with Dubai-based company despite protests

UK: Air Vice-Marshal Tim Neal-Hopes OBE has been appointed as the second Commander of the National Cyber Force (NCF).

Cyber-espionage is more difficult to pin to a state than spying in the physical world

Spying: The methods may have changed but the game remains the same

Espionage and Hollywood

How Israel underestimated Hamas’s intelligence capabilities

Analysis: what Is Hamas?

Hudson Institute: "Danger at Senegal’s Gates: The Jihadist Expansion toward Southwestern Mali"

Uganda: terror group ADF trying to wage a guerilla war in western part of the country - defence official .

Something for your weekend: recommended spy film to watch

Twitter glitch allows CIA informant channel to be hijacked

Sweden: top military officer and his wife arrested on suspicion of gross unauthorized position with a secret mission.

Espionage in warfare: how spy games alter the battlefield

Photos: outrage spreads across Middle East, North Africa after deadly Israeli air attack on the Al-Ahli al-Arabi Hospital in Gaza which killed over 500, world leaders react

Uganda: terror group ADF shot and killed 2 foreign tourists and local guide, victims’ tour vehicle burnt to ashes by assailants.

New jihadist group Wahdat al-Muslimin has called for ISGS and JNIM to unite in the Sahel

Analysis: why Israeli's Gaza ground invasion delayed since Friday?

Is this the end of Israeli intelligence service's revered reputation?

Morality of espionage in age of digital surveillance

CIA intelligence about looming Hamas attacks did not reach Joe Biden — dismissed as routine

Armenia: Kristine Grigorian named as first foreign intelligence chief after ‘training’, the new spy agency was formed a year ago.

Kenya: US warns citizens of potential terror attacks in Nairobi

Kenyan Authorities Accuse Worldcoin of Espionage and Statehood Threats

Classified C.I.A. intelligence reports issued days ahead of major Hamas attack on Israel warned about potential escalation in violence

Tanzania essentially bans use of VPN, wants users to reveal their IP addresses (which defies whole point of using VPN in first place)

Hamas leader Khaled Mashal calls for 'Global Day of Rage' this Friday: ‘This is the time for Jihad’

Something for your weekend: recommended documentary to watch

Al-Shabaab joins other al-Qaeda branches around the world in celebrating Hamas invasion of Israel, calls for jihad

Global Implications of Hamas Attacks on Israel

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Examining the Path to Peace

Hamas attack: Israeli domestic intelligence ShinBet ex-chief Ami Ayalon on what went wrong

The Soufan Center IntelBrief: Complex attack by Hamas into Israel has altered dynamics of the conflict

The Impact of the Israel-Hamas Conflict on Africa

African nations divided on support for Israel, Palestine but call for peace

Looming Israel-Iran war? Tehran accused of helping plot attack on Israel over several weeks

Why (and how) intelligence f*ck-ups occur: Intelligence failures occur for three reasons

Israel's 'colossal intelligence failure' under scanner as Hamas unleashes bloody assault

The art of espionage and intelligence gathering over the last 50 years [Video]

Zuena Nakhumicha: once a Tanzanian banker, now charged with facilitating actions of terrorist cells throughout East Africa.

The Prospect of ISIS Establishing a Caliphate in Africa: A Comprehensive Analysis

Something for your weekend: recommended spy series to watch

"Tanzania: How politicisation of 'tradecraft' - that's the art of intelligence - could hinder spy agency TISS' counter-terror capabilities" - Evarist Chahali

Oh dear! 😞 - US intelligence chiefs miss deadline on how they define spying 🙄

Using the power of ChatGPT for Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)

Reshuffle: Kenya’s foreign minister reassigned days after touchy comment on country’s police mission in Haiti

DR Congo: Quest for democracy faces a new test

[Reposted] Intelligence insights: challenges and potentials for Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan's security sector reform ambitions

High-level Iranian spy network busted in Washington

Scandinavian spy drama: the Danish intelligence chief who came under state surveillance

No neutrality in espionage: Why is Malaysia tangled up in a spying case in Norway?

Somalia: Spy agency NISA captures Kenyan trader for weapons smuggling in anti-terrorism operation

Burkina Faso: junta says it foiled coup attempt

Tanzania: Christian cleric jailed for 3 years 'for conducting evangelical services without licence'

CIA builds own ChatGPT

France: foreign spy agency DGSE launches massive recruitment campaign, aims to attract 800 people "of all profiles".

Covert action - including targeted killings - is troublesome yet useful statecraft tool

British intelligence services are hiring scientists to build 'super spies with brain implants'

India: Canada has crossed line by outing R&AW officer Pavan Kumar Rai over Nijjar killing, breached unwritten espionage rules

Kenya: Spy agency NIS officer among nine arrested in KSh160 million heist

Nigeria: how Open-Source Intelligence ledto uncovering of mass graves

Mali: junta struggles to fight growing violence in a northern region as UN peacekeepers withdraw

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (September 14-20, 2023)

Something for your weekend: recommended spy film to watch

Five Bulgarians living in UK charged with spying for Russia

Future of Wagner Group in Africa following death of its chief Prigozhin

India's foreign spy agency R&AW 'potentially' behind assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada

Explainer: what’s behind the growing tensions between Canada and India?

Paper published by Tanzanian diplomat Selemani Yusuph Kitenge (@selemanykitenge): "G20, UN Security Council: Africa’s Diplomatic Agenda"

Inside the spy wars

Audio: interview with Kenya's ex-spy chief Wilson Boinett

Pakistan: spy agency ISI chief Anjum gets one-year extension

Addis spying vs Washington? Contractor who has worked with the U.S. State and Justice Departments has been arrested and charged with espionage on behalf of Ethiopia

Violent Extremism in the Sahel

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso establish Sahel security alliance

Putin's poodle Kadyrov reportedly critically ill

Macron says French ambassador in Niger is ‘being held hostage’ in embassy

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (September 7-13, 2023)

Libya: At least 11k are now believed to have died — a devastating toll that could largely have been avoided, global officials said.

Something for your weekend: recommended spy film to watch

The State of al Qaeda and ISIS in Africa 2023

Kim Jong Un meets Putin in Russia as missiles launch from North Korea

The Sahel is the world’s terrorism epicentre

“The Dark Art: Intelligence, Counterintelligence, and the Mind of the State” - Essay by Charles S. Viar

How does Russia's spy network operates across Europe?

Why news of coups abroad makes Uganda uncomfortable

Today is September 11: U.S. marks 22nd anniversary of Twin Tower terror attack

Tanzania: opposition leader Tundu Lissu arrested, released on bail after 14 hours in police custody

Al-Shabaab release video of Ugandan ‘prisoner of war’

Private Spies: Inside the covert world of spies for hire

UK: Terror suspect Daniel Khalife who absconded from prison arrested

Wendy Noble Named 20th Deputy Director of National Security Agency

Burkina Faso: Has Prigozhin's death somehow emboldened Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) terrorists?

Islamic State terror group introduces new organizational structure "Mekteb-i-Furkan" to reorganise in the Caucasus and Africa

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (August 31-September 6, 2023)

Profile of a terror group leader: one of Islamic State-DRC's commanders, a Tanzanian Ahmad Mahmoud Hassan a.k.a Abu waqas a.k.a Jundi a.k.a Mwarabu

Sudan civil war: key players

New Zealand: spy agency NZSIS publishes first ever unclassified assessment of the country’s threat environment

As more than 50 security forces killed by jihadists, and violence inching closer to capital, is Burkina Faso heading towards Taliban-style takeover?

Tanzania: Members of European Parliament denied entry, planned to set up independent observation mission following reports of human rights violations against Maasai.

Uganda: inside the battle with terrorist threats

Gabon: head military junta, Gen Nguema, to be sworn into office today as interim president

Expansion of BRICS: challenges and uncertainties

What’s life like for a spy once unmasked?

Australia: foreign spy agency ASIS appoints first ever female director-general, Kerri Hartland.

Rwanda: President Kagame has approved retirement of 12 military generals and 1,013 military officers.

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (August 24-30, 2023)

Something for your weekend: recommended spy movie to watch

After Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger… Coup in Gabon: “The military take control of the country”

Afghanistan Terrorism Report: July 2023

Russia: What will replace Wagner mercenary army?

Tanzania: another spy chief gets sacked, third in row, it's Saidi Masoro who lasted only seven months, ex-envoy to Rwanda Ali Siwa takes over

Putin and Wagner boss Prigozhin: How a 25-year friendship turned ugly

Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa declared election winner, opposition rejects result

100s of migrants killed by Saudi border guards - report

Bonomade Machude Omar a.k.a. Ibn Omar a.k.a. Abu Suraka, a Tanzanian leader of ISIS Mozambique, is killed

Inside Mali: What now for the country that bet its security on Wagner?

Niger coup underscores dangers of presidential guards

Putin expresses ‘condolences’ over Prigozhin plane crash

Something for our weekend: recommended spy documentary to watch

Everything you need to know about what Prigozhin’s plane crash tells about Putin’s Russia

Yevgeny Prigozhin: Wagner chief presumed dead after Russia plane crash

Inside the emergence of ADF as deadliest armed group in DRC

Kenya’s Governance Dilemma

Sudan: detention and espionage - parallel wars wage on in Khartoum’s shadows

U.K. arrests 3 Bulgarians suspected of spying for Russia

Libya: Dozens dead in worst violence this year between factions

Tanzania: critics of Dar-UAE port deal released on bail

Nigeria: Is notorious terrorist Dogo Gide new Shekau?

Something for your weekend: recommended spy documentary to watch

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (August 9-16, 2023)

Iran to set up 4th major intelligence entity

Sweden: Copy of Quran desecrated outside Stockholm’s Royal Palace

Wanted Kenyan terror suspect Zuena Nakhumicha arrested in Tanzania

Turkey: spy agency Milli Istihbarat Teskilati (MIT) seizes ISIS database, names of 10,000 'lone wolf terrorists' revealed

Tanzania-UAE port deal: Amnesty International calls for unconditional realease of critics

Tanzania: former ambassador to Sweden, Dr Slaa, fierce critic of UAE port deal arrested on treason allegations

Switzerland’s hands-off approach to espionage

Karma: Russian spy Andrey Lugoyov who is wanted for murder of Alexander Litvinenko has developed cancer from same poison he used in the assassination

A Climate of Terror? Climate Change as a Means for Terrorist Exploitation

China uncovers alleged Chinese spy for CIA - security ministry

Mali: Rift widens between Junta, Tuareg ex-rebels

The murky world of private intelligence companies

Overseeing Intelligence Services: A Toolkit

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (August 3-9, 2023)

Ecuador: Candidate in presidential election Fernando Villavicencio shot dead

Something for the weekend: recommended spy series to watch [August 11, 2023]

Poland: super-secretive ‘school of spies’ marks 50 years of operation

Somalia: four al-Shabaab 'brides' appear in military court

France: spy row as Macron accuses intelligence chief of failure over Niger coup, spymaster Bernard Emie hits back

DR Congo: Tshisekedi sacks intelligence chief Jean Hervé Mbelu, appoints Daniel Lusadisu Kiambi as new head of spy agency ANR, also picks Prof Jean-Louis Esambo Kangashe as new security advisor

Tanzania: critics of port deal arrested - Human Rights Watch

Profile of a spy agency: North Korea's MSS

Niger closes airspace over 'threat of intervention' as junta defies deadline

Kenya: Five Tanzanians and a Ugandan arrested in Garissa while enroute to Somalia to join al-Shabaab

The chaos that could come if ECOWAS sends troops to Niger

Niger: military junta seeks Wagner support as ECOWAS deadline approaches

Profile of a terror group leader: ISWAP's Abubakar Mainok

The Niger coup could threaten the entire Sahel region

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (July 27 – August 2, 2023)

ISIS names Abu Hafs al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi as new leader, succeeds Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurayshi who the terror groups acknowledges his death

Something for your weekend: recommended spy movie to watch [August 4, 2023]

Sudan: The war you are not reading about

Coups in Africa Run Coast to Coast After Niger Turmoil

African militant Islamist group-linked fatalities at all-time high

Libya: a mafia-like state in the middle of North Africa

Burkina Faso and Mali military juntas warn any military intervention against Niger would amount to a declaration of war against them.

Niger: The West's only hope in jihadist-plagued Sahel region

Africa leaders give Niger junta week to cede power

Angola: spy chief General Fernando Garcia Miala accused of taking possession of the assets of convicted military officer Major Pedro Lussati

Burkina Faso: 42k people at risk of starvation as Islamic militants lay siege to towns and villages

Tehreek-e-Taliban seeking merger with Al-Qaeda

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (July 20-26, 2023)

Something for your weekend: recommended spy film to watch

Belgium rejects Vincent Karega as a newly appointed Rwandan ambassador.

How Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu quietly flew to Kenya to unsuccessfully mediate between Ruto and Raila

Niger: army overthrows President Mohamed Bazoum

Polish intelligence agency ABW catches largest ever Russian spy ring operating in Poland

Botswana: spy agency DIS 'regrets' arrest of reporters, vows to improve relations with media

Could Sudan’s fate resemble divided Libya?

DRC, Rwanda trade blame over ‘war preparations’ as Museveni urges Tshisekedi to talk to M23 rebels

"Artificial Intelligence won't replace human spies" - MI6 chief Richard Moore.

Profile of a spymaster: Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR)

Vienna emerges as espionage capital of Europe amidst Russia-Ukraine conflict

Terrorism Monitor: Tanzania faces looming threats from East African jihadist turmoil

Transcript: Speech by Sir Richard Moore, head of British foreign intelligence service SIS a.k.a MI6, delivered in Prague on July 19, 2023

Kenya: "60% of Mandera County controlled by Al-Shabaab" - Governor

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (July 13 - 19. 2023)

Something for the weekend: recommended spy movie to watch

Mozambique: 6 Tanzanians among 43 individuals placed national terrorism list

City of spies: Washington DC is the world's capital of espionage

How fictional spies ruin real intelligence

Mali: The threat of militant Islamist groups is spreading to all parts of the country as the military junta stakes its claim to stay in power indefinitely.

South Africa: spy chief Thembi Majola to quit

Ukraine: spymaster comes out of the shadows

Map of Sudan after 3 Months of War

Zimbabwe: Central Intelligence Organisation said to be at odds with the military over shadowy group run by spy agency's deputy chief Asher Walter Tapfumaneyi.

CIA's Studies in Intelligence, Vol. 67, No. 2 (June 2023)

Kenya: number of terror suspects from Tanzania arrested in Kenya while heading to Somalia to join al-Shabaab hits five as two more nabbed on Wednesday.

Iran’s Raisi seals 21 deals on Africa trip, attends drone exhibit in Kenya

Mali: erosion of international counterterror pressure will likely enable terror group JNIM to gradually rebuild capabilities

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (July 6-12, 2023)

Something for your weekend: recommended spy film to watch

Nigeria: More than 800 killed in attacks in June - report

Ugandan President Museveni and his son Muhoozi are accused of crimes against humanity, over 200 testimonies sent to the International Criminal Court

Profile of a spymaster: Maj. Gen. Ahmad Husni, director of Jordan's General Intelligence Department (GID)

The Shortage of Spies: Implications and Strategies for Addressing the Global Intelligence Gap [written by ChatGPT]

US Sees Islamic State Affiliates Pooling Resources, Growing Capabilities

Despite prominence of open-source intelligence since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Feb 2022, secret intelligence remains as important as ever

Nigeria: 700 Christians killed in during May, NGO report claims

NEWSKenya Suspends Re-Opening Of Somalia Border Over Rising Terror Attacks

Full text: Counter-espionage Law of the People's Republic of China (which has just came into effect on July 1, 2023)

“Africa now key battleground for terrorism, major increase in the number of active groups operating on the continent,” U.N. chief

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (June 29 – July 5, 2023)

Something for your weekend: recommended spy documentary to watch

Israel: Spy agency Shin Bet spy uses generative AI to thwart threats

Switzerland's Security 2023: The Federal Intelligence Service publishes its latest situation report

Turkey: spy agency MIT says it uncovered Israel's Mossad cell in the country and arrested 7 members

Mali leaves itself at the mercy of jihadists

Romania: Spy chief Eduard Hellvig resigns after 8 years in office

Burkina Faso: terror group Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) claims killing 100 soldiers and civil defence militia

Uganda: President Museveni approves retirement of 11 generals, 99 senior officers

Among Europen countries, Switzerland has one of the largest numbers of Russian spies under diplomatic cover.

UK Warns of possible Terror Attacks in Uganda

Al Shabaab is increasing the rate and severity of its attacks in northeastern Kenya and against Ethiopian forces in Somalia

Profile of a spymaster: Yusuf Magaji Bichi, DG of Nigeria's internal intelligence agency SSS a.k.a DSS

Burkina Faso: 4 terror attacks leave 80 dead

Somalia: Al-Shabaab surges on multiple fronts

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (June 22-28, 2023)

Guess who foiled ISIS plot to carry large-scale attack in the UK? MI6? No! CIA? No! Mossad? No! It's Iraqi intelligence 👏

Something for your weekend: recommended espionage-related video to watch

Sudan: Arabs vs Black Africans in West Darfur

Zambia: Police arrest former president's son and his wife on corruption charges

Kenya: Is President Ruto ditching his Aide-De-Camp?

Tanzania: Appeal court justice Stella Mugasha accuses President Hassan of breaching the constitution after extending Chief Justice's term in office

Video: Wagner PMC secretly in war in Africa

Analysis: Prigozhin’s goal was to survive, not to remove Putin from power

Central African Republic: at least 44 dead as rival rebel groups fight

India: Ravi Sinha appointed foreign spy agency RAW's new chief, succeeding Samant Goel

What the Wagner Group's insurrection means for the Middle East and Africa

Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin, the mercenary chief behind the Wagner Group rebellion?

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (June 15-21, 2023)

Something for your weekend: recommended spy series to watch

Russian intelligence planned to assassinate SVR defector living in the United States

Sudan: RSF bombed intelligence HQ

Somalia: Army Chief, Maj Gen Rageh sacked, Brig-Gen Addow named as new commander amid political tensions

Tanzania: High Court Clears 13 Persons of Terrorist Charges

Uganda: Deputy Commander of the Special Forces Command, Brig. Bainababo hits diplomat with a mug after insult

Diplomatic tension looming after Mswati ordered his ‘armed’ security officers to invade South Africa, kidnap eSwatini alleged pro-democracy Underground Forces Commander.

'Impunity enabled generals to recklessly destroy Sudan'

Uganda: Kasese school terror attack death toll over 40

'South Africa now a nerve centre for terrorist financing in Africa' - experts

Espionage: a brief history

Uganda: 25 students killed in suspected ADF terror attack in Kasese

Somalia: Federal Government has to date failed to launch an offensive against al Shabaab in southern Somalia in 2023, likely enabling al Shabaab to increase the rate and severity of in Mogadishu

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (June 8-14, 2023)

Something for your weekend: recommended spy film to watch

Kenya: Eight police killed in suspected al-Shabaab bombing

Kenya: new spy chief Noordin Haji sworn in

Turkey: despite holding PhD (in Islamic Studies), new spy chief Kalin's appointment sparks debate over qualifications

CFR's Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: June 3-9, 2023

'Kenya’s new spy chief will lead the national intelligence service – what the job is all about'

DR Congo: spy agency ANR supports regime change in Rwanda, according to Pentagon Leaks

Central African Republic: Tanzanian unit of peacekeeping forces deployed within MINUSCA removed after sexual exploitation and abuse allegations

Huda Mukbil, Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)'s first Black Arab-Canadian Muslim spy, opens up about her fight against terrorism and discrimination

DRC: President Tshisekedi likely to replace spy chief Mbelu Biosha, who went to Israel for emergency treatment, his deputy Joseph Asumani said to be in command

14 terror suspects nabbed in month-long INTERPOL counterterrorism operation undertaken in Tanzania and 4 other African countries

“The Dark Art: Intelligence, Counterintelligence, and the Mind of the State”

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (June 1-7, 2023)

Something for your weekend: recommended spy film to watch

4 Big Misconceptions About Spies

Senior reps from over 20 intelligence agencies from around the world met in a secret meeting in Singapore

Finland expels nine Russian diplomats over 'intelligence' work

Rwanda: President Kagame dismisses from the army ex-external intelligence chief, Brig Gen Mutiganda, 14 officers, over 100 other unidentified military personnel

Rwanda: President Kagame replaces army chief and defence minister, appoints new internal spy chief Jean Bosco Ntibitura

Profile: Hakan Fidan, Turkey's long-serving intelligence chief, becomes foreign minister

Turkey spy agency MIT gets new chief Ibrahim Kalin, as predecessor Hakan Fidan becomes Foreign Minister

Toward a theory of Counterintelligence:

Spy agency vs spy agency: Turkey's MIT massive operation against Israel's MOSSAD

Espionage in the era of Artificial Intelligence: armchair researchers and ordinary citizens are changing the rules of spycraft

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (May 25-31, 2023)

The Politics of Intelligence and the Politicization of Intelligence: The American Experience

Something for your weekend: recommended spy movie to watch

Turkey said to bust Mossad spy ring operating against Iranian targets

Spies like us: A comparison of infiltating networked terrorist organisations versus foreign intelligence service

How Chinese hackers attacked Kenyan spy agency NIS, Presidency

Profile of a spy agency: Kenya's National Intelligence Service (NIS)

Kenya: intelligence, top secrets and the hidden story of NIS

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight in Global Jihad (May 18-24, 2023)

Belarus: opposition leader Tsepkalo claims Lukashenko was urgently transported to Moscow's hospital after his closed-door meeting with Putin

The Tanzania Intelligence and Security Service (Amendment) Act, 2023: the good and the bad

A right to spy? The legality and morality of espionage

15 secret wars the US is involved in right now

How Sudan conflict could spread to Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Libya

Somalia: spymaster Mahad Salad travelled to U.S. to meet with officials from the Pentagon, CIA and FBI

CTC Sentinel: The Enduring Counterterrorism Challenge in Mozambique

Germany: foreign spy agency BND's chief Bruno Kahl says intelligence services are finding it harder to recruit staff since the pandemic as prospects want to work from home

South Africa: civilian intelligence agence, the State Security Agency, is broken, and in urgent need for reform

What's next for Syria after Assad's regional comeback?

Lake Chad Basin: recent increase in counterterrorism operations by regional forces are unlikely to weaken Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP)

Iraq: cleric accuses Israeli spy agency Mossad of assassinating Imam Ali, 1,300 years ago

Sudan: army, RFS sign 7-day ceasefire

Security situation in Sahel remains very worrying, Security Council warns

Bold ambition: Tanzania plans to launch national satellite in African space race

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (May 11-17, 2023)

The criminal use of ChatGPT – the dark side of Large Language Models

Something for your weekend: recommended spy film to watch

Warning about AI...from unlikeliest party - Nigerian Al-Qaeda affiliate, Ansaru group a.k.a Jamāʿatu Anṣāril Muslimīna fī Bilādis Sūdān (The Vanguard for the Protection of Muslims in The Sudan)

The CIA launches a Telegram channel to get Russians to spy for them

Policy Brief published by Tanzanian Diplomat Seleman Yusuph Kitenge (@selemanykitenge): "Linking Food and National Security in Africa: Lessons from Russia-Ukraine Conflict"

Kenya's spymaster-elect Noordin Haji is a career intelligence officer

Kenya: President Ruto nominated DPP Noordin Haji to replace Philip Kameru as new spy chief subject to approval by Parliament

The New ISIS: How a branch of the rerrorist group is becoming a top threat

Tanzania: President Samia outmanoeuvres the opposition, hijacks their top constitutional review agenda

Canadian spy agency CSIS publishes annual public report

Profile of a spy agency: Israel's MOSSAD

Turkey: today's elections could future of the country.

Human Intelligence (HUMINT): is it still possible in the digital age?

Niger: nearly 1,400 Boko Haram terrorists nabbed while fleeing clash with ISWAP

Seabed espionage: gathering intelligence from the ocean floor.

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (April 24 – May 3, 2023)

Russia: 6 oligarchs very close to Putin who died in somewhat mysterious circumstances since the start invasion of Ukraine

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Profile of a spy agency: The Security Information Service (BIS) - Czech Republic's main civilian counterintelligence agency.

DR Congo: Tshisekedi accuses East African Forces of 'co-habitating' with M23 rebels

FBI disrupts sophisticated Russian cyberespionage operation

Rise Mzansi: South Africa's new political party hoping to capitalise on discontent with ANC

The C.I.A.’s Business Is Secrets, but It Is Recruiting Spies in the Open

U.S Africa Command and Angola Military Intelligence and Security Service hosted the 2023 Directors of Military Intelligence Conference, in Luanda, April 25-28.

Could Uganda end up in Sudan-like crisis?

Kenya: spymaster Kameru as Uhuru’s last man standing in Ruto top security circle

Everything you need to know about Sierra Leone’s general elections set for June 24.

Chinese hackers outnumber FBI cyber staff 50 to 1, bureau director says

Mali: Islamic State in Greater Sahara (ISGS) on verge of victory in Menaka

Russia hunts for spies and traitors — at home

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (April 24 – May 3, 2023)

Sudan: US spy chief sees prolonged fighting, neither Burhan nor Hemedti has incentive to seek peace.

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Espionage and interference at highest level since Cold War, warns Belgian spy agency General Intelligence and Security Service (ADIV).

Guyana: plans underway to establish a spy agency

Observations on the reported killing of ISIS leader Abu al-Hussein al-Qurayshi

ISIS leader Al-Hussein Al-Qurashi killed in Syria

Gold, Arms, and Islam: Understanding the Conflict in Sudan

Mali: Overstretched security forces cannot contain al-Qaeda–linked and IS-affiliated militants across the country.

Kenya: President Ruto presides over swearing in of new Chief of Defence Forces Ogola, Deputy CDF Mwangi

From rapper to spy for China: the case of Pras Michel, of former rap group Fugees

France: Counterintelligence agency DGSI chief Nicolas Lerner says Russian spy ring broken last year had 'source' in the country

Sudan: Russia's mercenary force Warner Group spotted in Port Sudan and battles north of the capital Khartoum

Sudan: As the conflict continues into its second week, here's what to know

Kenya: Another pastor arrested amid probe into cult-like deaths

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ISIS in Mauritius

Kenya: Shakahola cult toll climbs to 95 as families await news of missing

Rwandan President Kagame to land in Tanzania today for a two-day state visit

Intelligence insights on Rwanda's President Kagame visit to Tanzania, April 27 - 28, 2023)

CFR's Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: April 15-21, 2023

Omar al-Bashir brutalised Sudan – how his 30-year legacy is playing out today

Dozens killed in Burkina Faso attack near Mali border

Tanzania to host Ethiopian govt - Oromo rebels peace talks which begin today

Sweden: Russian espionage from the roof of the embassy - in the middle of Stockholm

Sudan: RSF said to have released jailed ex-President al-Bashir, and plans to bring him back into power

The new age of espionage is here

Sudan: Despite high-level calls for an Eid ceasefire, clashes have continued, especially in Khartoum.

Sudan: Evidence emerges of Russia’s Wagner arming militia leader battling the country’s army

Sudan: paramilitary RSF receiving support from Libyan warlord Haftar

Shida Jacob Msanzu aka Hussein Yaqub, who was arrested in Tanzania while headed for DRC to join a terror group, deported back to Kenya

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (April 4-19, 2023)

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Netherlands: spy agency AIVD paints grim picture of multiple threats

DR Congo: Some senators demand government to wage war on Rwanda

Burundi: ex-PM Bunyoni on the run, rumoured to be in Tanzania, external spy chief Museremu reportedly detained

US warns Russia not to touch American nuclear technology at Ukrainian nuclear plant

Sudan: Fighting continues hours after ceasefire was to begin

Norway expels 15 Russian spies

In-depth insights about the situation in Sudan and what it means for South Sudan

Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISKP) Expands its Focus Toward Central Asia

Sudan: death toll risen to 26 in amid outbreak of fighting between the army and a powerful paramilitary force. But how did the country get here?

Somalia: govt forces inability to escalate multiple fronts against al Shabaab could allow the group to repel renewed offensive operations in central Somalia

Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) could be close to using delivery drones for attacks in the Lake Chad Basin.

New Zealand: Annual report by the Security Intelligence Service (SIS)

USA: 21-year-old Air National Guardsman arrested for intelligence documents leak

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How modern tech is transforming the world of espionage

CIA chief William Burns made unnounced visit to Saudi Arabia, aired 'frustration' over Iran, Syria thaw

What Secrets Are in the Leaked Pentagon Documents?

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Anne Keast-Butler named 1st woman to lead UK communications intelligence agency GCHQ

Latvia: Spy agency VDD has released its annual public report reviewing its activities during 2022.

ChatGPT and the Threat to Diplomacy

Unidentified assailants raid villages in Burkina Faso, killing 44

Inside Boko Haram, How A Cosmetics Salesman Became A Mass Murderer

MI6 boss pledges to put a woman on the shortlist for his successor as 'C' to run the UK's Secret Intelligence Service

Global Terrorism Index 2023

Something for Good Friday: Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus...so did this spy who double-crossed the CIA [FULL MOVIE]

The Art of the Intelligence Autopsy

U.S-sanctioned head of Eritrean National Security Agency, General Abraha Kassa, visits Ethiopian intelligence, security facilities to “consolidate military ties”

CIA to investigate how generative AI (like ChatGPT) can assist intelligence agencies

Video: alleged Iran's plot to set up a spy cell in Tanzania

Finland: spy agency Supo says Russian intelligence activities in the Nordic country weakened

South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, and Morocco — together account for 56% of Africa’s high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) and over 90% of its billionaires.

Accused Russian spy boasted that infiltrating the US was easy. He's now in prison after getting caught with files that blew his cover.

How Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) is changing warfare

Turkey: Kemal Kilicdaroglu’s, opposition leader who will face off against President Erdogan in presidential elections May 14, is a far more complex figure than meets the eye

The science of spying: how the CIA secretly recruits academics

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (March 23-29, 2023)

Russian spies more effective than army, say experts

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Eritrea-trained Somali troops vacate frontline base to stage mutiny

Liberia: What’s behind President George Weah’s purported meeting with the CIA?

Greece: spy agency EYP dismantles a terrorist cell planning attacks

UK: spy agency says AI chatbots like ChatGPT pose a security threat

Saudi Arabia: 10 judges facing death penalty for being too soft on human rights

South Africa has emerged as a financial hub for ISIS in Africa

'What can we do?': Millions in African countries need power

DR Congo: ex-warlord Bemba appointed new defence minister

Rwanda: President Kagame appoints Fatou Harerimana new envoy to Tanzania, Maj Gen Karamba going to Angola

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (March 16-22, 2023)

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As pro-LGBTQ+ US VP Kamala lands in Tanzania next week, her opposite number, Dr Mpango, sets the East African nation's anti-gay stance clear, says "even animals are not homosexual."

Sahel: Ongoing infighting between al Qaeda and Islamic State–affiliated militants in the Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger will likely increase local support for both groups.

The more things change the more they stay the same: like predecessor Buhari, Nigeria's President-Elect Tinubu leaves for Europe for medical care after falling ill

UK: Spy agency MI5's new body National Protective Security Authority begins work

UAE spymaster purchases $100 million stake in TikTok maker ByteDance

Belgium warns Uganda on Anti-Homosexuality Bill

As Putin welcomes Xi in Moscow, Russian mercenary group PMC Wagner is accused of being behind killings of nine Chinese miners in CAR

Nigeria: At least 40 ISWAP terrorists killed during attack on election centre in Borno State

Greece’s spy agency EYP uncovered a Russian spy who, they say, was operating in the country since 2018 in “deep cover”.

Could civil war break out in the Taliban’s ranks?

2023 Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community

Critical Threats: ISIS isn't defeated, will continue to plan attacks against Western targets while setting conditions for resurgence in Iraq, Syria

Polish intelligence agency ABW dismantles a Russian spy ring

Austria: Vienna police step up armed patrols as they warn of potential terror attack

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The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (March 9-15, 2023)

Burkina Faso: over 100 people were reported killed in February with Islamic State in Greater Sahara (ISGS) and Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) being prime suspects.

Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: March 4-10, 2023

Officials Warn Against Underestimating Al-Shabab and IS in Somalia

Tanzania now part of Mozambique Channel patrols

Turkey: Polls show Erdogan lags opposition by more than 10 points ahead of May vote

Espionage against Swedish universities continues to increase

Maj. Gen. Ildephonse Habarurema, head of the Burundi spy agency National Intelligence Service (SNR), among members of high-level delegation sent to Rwanda

Nigeria: over 400 Boko Haram terrorists surrender to military after escaping attacks by ISWAP as death toll from clash between the terror groups hit 300

ISIS group says it killed more than 35 ‘Christians’ in eastern DR Congo

Iran, Saudi Arabia to resume relations in China-brokered deal

How China’s espionage network operates in shadows

Researchers develop algorithm that conceals information so effectively that it is statistically impossible to detect that anything has been hidden.

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (March 2-8, 2023)

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Norway: intelligence community publishes National Threat Assessment 2023

DR Congo: M23 Rebels Attack Burundian Military Base at Sake

How German's foreign intelligence service, the BND, protects itself from moles

Who is Nigeria’s new President-elect Bola Tinubu?

Al Qaeda leader in North Africa grants exclusive interview to FRANCE 24

Putin urges Russian internal spy agency FSB ‘comrades’ to step up counterintelligence work

‘Spy balloon in your phone’: growing calls to ban TikTok threaten its future

Operation HORIZON: A KGB Counterintelligence Operation against the West

Dr Congo: US offers up to $5M reward for leader of ADF terror group Musa Baluku

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center: Summary of ISIS activity in the world in 2022 (Amaq, Telegram, January 4, 2023)

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (February 23 – March 1, 2023)

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Critical Intelligence Studies: A new framework for analysis

Nigeria: Bola Tinubu wins in a badly flawed election

South Africa: Dark forces at work as crime cartels and ‘murder squad’ bleeding energy giant Eskom dry named – report

CFR's Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: February 18-24, 2023

Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM): capability assessment

DR Congo: M23 rebels seize major mining town of Rubaya

Russia tries to put its spies into new cities after they get kicked out of European countries, but everyone already knows who they are

Russian spy ring uncovered in Australia by intelligence agency ASIO

Earthquake death toll surpasses 50,000 in Turkey and Syria

Former Afghan spy chief launches his own political party and calls for a “decentralised republic.”

Burkina Faso: Jama’at Nusrat al Islam wa al Muslimeen (JNIM) consolidating control over southeastern areas

Chad: Russian PMC Wagner Group working with local rebels to stabilise govt and potentially kill President Deby, per intelligence reports

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (February 16-22, 2023)

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UAE’s EDGE signs cooperation agreement with the Tanzania People’s Defence Force

The Reemergence of the Jihadist Counter-Intelligence Group in Pakistan: Lashkar-e-Khorasan (Army of Khorasan, or LeK; aka Ittehad Mujahideen Khorasan, or United Mujahideen)

Nigeria: What is at Stake in Africa’s Most Populous Country and Largest Economy's General Elections on Saturday?

Former Afghan spy chief warns Iran of the consequences of close ties with the Taliban

Secret intelligence war between Morocco and France

Rwanda: President Kagame Fires Police Chief Dan Munyuza and Defence PS Baingana

US Supreme Court case today which could reshape the entire internet

Burkina Faso: at least 51 soldiers killed in jihadist attack on Friday

The Jordanian monarchy is facing an uncertain future due to internal conflicts over which Queen's son will succeed to the throne.

CFR's Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: February 4-10, 2023

Turkish intelligence agency MIT executed PSYOP to save Erdoğan’s battered image after quake

Love at Langley: CIA celebrated Valentine's Day with article about some of its officers who have found relationships through work connections.

US says new Al-Qaeda head is Egyptian Seif Al-Adel based in Iran, Tehran says not true

How secret does a secret service have to be?

Is ISIS Mozambique now hitting only military targets?

Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali juntas plan three-way partnership

Exclusive: British intelligence caught FBI spy chief secretly meeting a Russian in London

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (February 9-15, 2023)

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Scotland: First Minister Nicola Sturgeon resignation: why now – and what happens next on key issues?

CFR's Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: February 4-10, 2023

"We worked with ethical hackers to know truth about 2022 elections", says opposition leader Raila as it emerges Pres Ruto's aides were hacked by Israeli black-ops group in run-up to Kenyan election

Germany: who spies the spies?

Al Qaeda’s Sahel branch, Jama’at Nusrat al Islam wa al Muslimeen (JNIM), is filling the security vacuum in northern Mali following the French withdrawal in 2022.

Syria: ISIS militants take advantage of massive earthquake to mount prison break

Dr Congo: 7 army commandos sentenced to death over running away from battlefront

Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service's 2023 Security Report

Exclusive: German football coach unmasked as 'Russian double agent'

US issues security alert to its citizens in Kenya over potential terrorist attacks

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (February 2-8, 2023)

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South Sudan summons Kenya’s envoy over border dispute

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill was a KGB spy in Switzerland

Ghana: fears of terror

Hope for better jobs eclipses religious ideology as main driver of recruitment to violent extremist groups in Sub-Saharan Africa

Leaked Documents Show Qatar Bribed Prominent Leaders a Month before the Collapse of Afghanistan

CIA Secrets: Five quirky facts about the spy agency

Berlin: a city of spies

Earthquake Kills at Least 1,600 in Turkey and Syria

1000s of computer servers around the world have been targeted by a ransomware hacking attack

DR Congo: UN peacekeeper killed in attack on helicopter

South Sudan: Pope Francis urges Machar, Kiir to stop the bloodshed, address Corruption

East African leaders urge ceasefire in eastern DR Congo

Industrial espionage: How China sneaks out America's technology secrets

Former CIA director explains what’s inside China’s spy balloon

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (January 26 – February 1, 2023)

Here’s who intelligence insiders tip for next British cyber spy agency GCHQ chief

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Assassination of Sinan Ateş, leader of Turkey's most feared paramilitary force, known as the Grey Wolves, could radically alter Turkish politics

The case of an alleged Russian mole inside Germany’s intelligence service has raised alarms in Berlin, where Russia has long spied aggressively and may have assassinated a foe.

Pope Francis Arrives in DRC; cancels Goma trip over violence

CFR's Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: January 21-27, 2023

Nigeria: Boko Haram fighters surrender after clash with ISWAP

Exclusive look into CIA's elite extraction unit: How they smuggle people to safety

High tensions between DRC and Rwanda: Crisis Group examines why the situation has deteriorated, outlines path for de-escalation

Senior Islamic State leader Bilal al-Sudani killed in US Special Forces raid in Somalia

How The Mukhabarat - Egyptian spy agency - benefitted from COP27

Germany arrests second suspect in Russia espionage case

The Amniyat: Al-Shabaab’s Secret Security and Intelligence Wing

Tanzania: KLM cancels some flights citing local security threat

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (January 19-25, 2023)

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Tanzania downplays US embassy terror alert

CFR's Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: January 14-20, 2023

Tanzania: US Embassy issues a security alert

#BreakingNews: US Embassy in Tanzania issues a security alert

Turkish spy chief Hakan Fidan visits Libya days after head of CIA William Burns was in Tripoli

Zimbabwe: what to expect from this year's general election

United Kingdom: King Charles visits intelligence and cyber agency GCHQ base

Head of Turkish intelligence agency MIT Hakan Fidan visits Sudan, 2 weeks after Egyptian spy chief Kamal Abbas was in Khartoum

#HUMINT: The Human Intelligence Discipline

Tanzania: crowds gather as opposition holds first rally since ban lifted

Tanzanian student who was in prison in Russia killed fighting for Wagner Group mercenaries in Ukraine.

Mozambique: Tanzanians among young people recruited by ISCAP terrorist group with false job offers.

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (January 12-18, 2023)

Former Swedish intelligence officer jailed for life for spying for Russia

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Can Somalia finally defeat Al-Shabaab?

Taliban start buying blue ticks on Twitter

Iran executes former deputy defence minister, accusing him of being MI6 spy

Italy's most-wanted Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro arrested in Sicily

Austria confirmed as a location for global espionage

Nigeria: terrorists burn priest to death

Terrorist Threats and Trends to Watch Out for in 2023 and Beyond

Tanzania’s opposition leader Tundu Lissu to return from exile

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center's Spotlight on Global Jihad (January 5 - 11, 2023)

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British spy chiefs warned about tweets and TV appearances

CFR's Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: December 31-January 6, 2022

CIA: Studies in Intelligence 66, No. 4 (December 2022)

Tanzania: President Hassan demotes intel chief, appoints new spymaster