The Government has launched a task force to counter violent extremism. The team including all Principal Secretaries and the Office of the Inspector General is aimed at using its different mandates and capabilities to prevent and counter violent extremism as part of a cohesive national campaign for the sake of peace, development and national cohesion. Government spokesman Eric Kiraithe said Kenya has initiated a cross-cutting multi-agency national campaign to protect…

Mosul’s District Council demanded that the city of Mosul should be declared a disaster zone... This came after the raids carried out by the coalition aircraft on Thursday, 23/3/2017, targeting houses in the new Mosul area, where 230 people, mostly children and women were killed. (Al-Arabiya, 24/03/2017). The Head of the Mosul District Council Basma Basim revealed that more than 500 civilians were killed by the bombing by the International…

Whilst lamenting at the evident insecurity caused by the US-Indian collaboration, the Bajwa-Nawaz regime still persists in its alliance with Washington. The National Security Adviser Lt Gen (ret) Nasser Janjua lamented on 27 March 2017 that “India and US have carved out space to pre-position themselves on this ocean" and that India was being "propped up as a counter-weight to China.”

At a time when the media is preoccupied with the scandals of the ruling party. At a time when basic services are deteriorating because of the state's disregard for the true concerns o f the people and from looking after them, we have been following for months the suspicious movements and contacts by the Head of the EU Delegation to Tunisia, Patrice Bergamini. This ambassador has gone beyond the diplomatic…