Kenya: Mandera DCI Officer Killed in Suspected Al Shabaab Attack
A police officer attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has been killed after suspected Al-Shabaab militants staged a daring attack in Lafey, Mandera...
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Mozambique the most overt manifestation of terrorism in southern Africa
Terrorist activity in Mozambique is the most prominent and overt manifestation of jihadi terrorism in southern Africa, according to a new report. The Middle East...
Somalia, Minister Ali Mohamed Omar: “Alarm on the alliance between Houthis and Al Shabaab”
The growing alliance between the Shiite rebels of the Ansar Allah group (better known as Houthis) and the Somali terrorist group al Shabaab represents an...
Kenyan police kill terrorist, seize weapons in border region
Kenya's security forces killed a terrorist and recovered a cache of weapons during an operation carried out in Garissa County, near the border with Somalia,...
Roadside bomb blast kills 3 in Somali capital
Two security personnel and a pedestrian were killed and three others wounded in a roadside bomb blast targeting military vehicles in the Somali capital of...
Kenya says destroyed two al-Shabab camps in border region
Kenya's counter-terrorism police unit said its special forces carried out intelligence-led operations on the border with Somalia, destroying two al-Shabab makeshift camps. It said the...
Security team raids two al-Shabaab camps in Garissa
Police staged an intelligence-led operation against two al-Shabaab camps in Garissa and recovered assorted bomb-making materials. The team from the Special Operations Group (SOG), Kenya's...
Somalia terror group operative convicted of planning 9/11-style attack on America
A federal jury has convicted an operative of a Somalian terrorist organization of conspiring to kill Americans in an attack modeled after the Sept. 11...
Unidentified attackers fire mortar shells near US, UK embassies in Somalia
Terrorism remains a significant issue in Somalia, primarily due to the activities of the militant group al-Shabaab*. This group continues to pose a major threat,...
As Somali troops expand control, al-Shabaab increases IED attacks
For more than a decade, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) have been the deadliest weapons terrorists in Somalia have deployed against both Soldiers and civilians. Since...
East Africa: Tensions Rising in the Horn of Africa
In the Horn of Africa, the time is now for preventative diplomacy. The last time the United States was on the cusp of a presidential...
Somali Forces Strike Al-Shabaab Bases, Kill 10 Militants in Southern Mudug
The Somali National Army (SNA) executed a targeted operation in the early hours of Tuesday in the Southern Mudug region, successfully neutralizing 10 Al-Shabaab militants...