David Cameron is to urge all G8 leaders to commit their countries not to pay terror ransoms in an international effort to cut off extremists' funding....
Today the illegal wildlife trade is worth in excess of $10 billion annually and the surging demand for ivory from the rapidly growing economies of China, Vietnam and Thailand resulted in over 40,000 elephants being killed in Africa in 2012, or one every 15 minutes.
Glasgow, the city in which I grew up, has the largest amount of refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland. Although mostly pushed to the periphery, this new wave of Glaswegians are quietly weaving themselves in to the fabric of the city - and none more so than my friend Farida.
The reality is that two-thirds of Somalis are under 25. A huge number of these young people are fed up with living in conditions of grinding poverty, with little prospect of work. The challenges facing Somalia are enormous.
Audiences the world over are captivated by images of violence. Rolling news runs round-the-clock footage of troops and tanks fighting harsh battles in some of the world's most inhospitable places. This deserves our attention and thank goodness these pictures stir the public and their political leaders to tackle pressing security issues.
Britain will contribute to a £50 million fund to improve security in Somalia, David Cameron has said. Speaking after an international conference i...
David Cameron will warn that failure to support the rebuilding of Somalia will lead to "terrorism and mass migration" as the international community g...
The ten things you need to know on Tuesday 7 May 2013... 1) LET'S GET OUT OF EUROPE Poor Dave. Last week, the Tories were trying to fend off the...
A former hostage has spoken of the moment he walked into a Women's Institute meeting to give a talk on international piracy and found the group dresse...
On May 8th 2013 President Guelleh of Djibouti visits London. The situation in Djibouti and it's importance does not receive much attention in London. It should.
Critics of 'big government' talk as if it's beyond question that the state's involvement with our lives is a bad thing.
On the same day as the Boston bombings at least 33 were killed and 160 wounded in a string of bomb attacks across Iraq. Attacks which did not take place before the US led invasion of the country. The same media coverage was not afforded to the dead in Iraq, nor did Obama seek to comment on the issue.
Zahra Ugaas Farah says her mission in life is to champion women's rights in Somalia to promote peace. When war broke out in the early 1990s, Zahra says she could not watch the unfolding chaos and bloodshed without taking action.
The freeing of Mogadishu was a turning point and might not only make Mogadishu a more peaceful place, but also set Somalia on the right path to stability - an opportunity it had not seen for at least twenty years.
The presence of EU, NATO and other naval forces did not completely solve the problem of piracy, but reduced the risk for ships significantly. As of now four ships and 108 hostages are still under the control of the pirates.
The brother of one of the hostages killed in Algeria said he learnt of his brother's death on Facebook. Kenneth Whiteside was executed by terrorist...
The Algerian military did a "bloody good job", a survivor of the Sahara hostage crisis has said. Peter Hunter, 53, from Durham, was reunited with w...
An international crackdown on piracy off the coast of Somalia will receive a £2.25 million cash boost from Britain, the government has confirmed. ...
French and Canadian militants could have been among those who stormed an Algerian gas field, taking hundreds hostage and killing dozens, according to ...
The threat of extremism in North Africa could be "much worse" if the West had not intervened in Libya, William Hague has warned. The Foreign Secret...
Islamist militants are holding a number of Britons and foreign nationals hostage after armed terrorists stormed a natural gas field in the east of Alg...
The government has "important questions to answer" over anti-terror laws after a suspected terrorist went missing, Theresa May said. Ibrahim Magag...
A suspected terrorist has gone missing, police have said. Ibrahim Magag, 28, absconded from a Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (Tpim...
No one is expecting today's Autumn Statement to bring much in the way of Christmas cheer. However, one good story is the remarkable progress of British aid and what it is achieving for the world's poorest children. A story that is seldom told. A story that the British public should be proud of.
We need a twin-pronged approach in Somalia. Continued humanitarian assistance for the poorest families, but also aid to help them plant crops again and rebuild their lives.
