Cholo Abdi Abdullah
Cholo Abdi Abdullah was charged for trying to stage a 9/11-style attack on the United States on behalf of the al-Shabaab terrorist organization. Abdullah was...
Al-Shabaab
Kenyan Al-Shabaab operative who plotted 9/11-style terrorist attack on US indicted by the authorities
Federal authorities on Wednesday unsealed an indictment charging a Kenyan man with trying to stage a 9/11-style attack on the United States on behalf of...
Islamic State affiliate in Somalia declares war on Al-Qaeda-linked group Al-Shabaab
The growing insurgency in Somalia continues to cause regional stability with the militants now turning against each other if at all a video posted by...
Al-Shabaab terrorists attack police patrol base in Kenya
Suspected Al-Shabaab militants Wednesday attacked a police base in Garissa, destroyed an armoury and shot a police officer, wounding him seriously. Officers from Amuma Border...
CIA officer killed during a raid on suspected al-Shabaab bomb-maker in Somalia
A CIA officer died during a raid in Somalia last month targeting a key extremist thought to be responsible for an attack that killed an...
Al-Shabaab’s terror in Mozambique
The past months have witnessed an unprecedented escalation of military activity from the Islamist group known as al-Shabab in the mineral-rich province of Cabo Delgado...
U.S. authorities target al-Shabaab leaders with terrorist designations
The Trump administration has sanctioned two leaders of the Somalia-based al-Shabab as part of its efforts to dismantle the al-Qaida-affiliated terrorist organization. U.S. Secretary of...
Ethiopian authorities arrested al-Shabaab and Islamic State suspects planning terror attacks
Ethiopian security officials have arrested 14 suspected members of al-Shabaab and ISIS accused of planning terrorist attacks in the capital Addis Ababa and other parts...
US authorities focused on disrupting finances for Somalia’s al-Shabaab terrorist group
The United States strongly backed efforts to disrupt the illegal financing methods used by Somalia’s al-Shabab extremist group, which according to U.N. experts raised more...
Eight Somalian soldiers killed in an ambush by Al Shabaab terrorists in the country’s south
Somalia's extremist rebels have killed at least eight soldiers in an ambush in the country's south, said a military official. Two other soldiers are missing...
Al Shabaab terrorist financing at Salaam Somali Bank of Hormuud Telecom Group
Al Shabaab has for years been battling Somalia's internationally-backed government to impose strict Islamic law in the anarchic Horn of Africa nation. "Al Shabaab remains...
Feared Al Shabaab terrorist group exploit Somali banking and invest in real estate
The Al Shabaab, the Somalia-based militant group that is Al Qaeda’s most powerful ally in Africa, is not only collecting millions of dollars in tariffs...