Al-Shabaab terrorist group in Somalia poses increasing threat
With concerns that al-Shabab is a growing threat to the U.S. and its interests, U.S. Africa Command is increasing the pace of strikes in Somalia....
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Kenyan Court denies three bail for aiding terror suspects
A Garissa Court has denied bail to three Kenyans whom the police belief provided the Al-Shabaab militants with information and aided them during the January...
US airstrike killed at least one terrorist of Al-Shabaab terrorist group in Somalia
U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted a second airstrike in Somalia this week, killing at least one terrorist of Al-Shabaab, a Somalia-based terror group affiliated with...
Somali and U.S. Army forces killed al-Shabaab terrorist
A Somali and U.S. airstrike killed an al-Shabaab terrorist and wounded two others in the southern region. The U.S. Africa Command (Africom) said on Tuesday...
Terrorist group with links to al-Qaeda tells Christians to leave north-eastern Kenya
A terrorist group with links to al-Qaeda has told Christians to leave north-eastern Kenya. Al-Shabaab has "ordered" Christians to leave the counties of Garissa, Wajir...
Kenya-Somalia border tension will strengthen the al-Shabaab terrorist group
Somalia was Monday fighting itself after its national forces ambushed Jubbaland regional troops allied to a fugitive minister near the border with Kenya. Experts say...
US military killed terrorist leader who planned attack that killed Americans in Kenya
A US airstrike in Somalia killed an al-Shabaab leader who had a role in "planning and directing terrorist operations," including a January attack on Manda...
At least three people are dead in suspected Islamist attack in Kenya
At least three people were killed Wednesday when gunmen sprayed a passenger bus with bullets in northeastern Kenya, police said, the latest attack by suspected...
Al-Shabaab terrorists attacked two Somali military bases
Al-Shabaab Islamists on Wednesday carried out attacks on two Somali military bases, using a suicide vehicle bombing and dozens of heavily armed militants, a military...
U.S. airstrike targets Al-Shabaab compound in Somalia
A Feb. 17 U.S. airstrike took out an al-Shabab compound near Jilib, Somalia, according to U.S. Africa Command. AFRICOM didn’t say whether any members of...
Al-Shabaab terrorists infiltrate the Somalian state institutions
Abshir Gaarane Ahmed was a lead singer in a government band in Benadir, the region that covers the capital Mogadishu in Somalia. The public knew...
Kenyan authorities struggle against Al-Shabaab terrorists in Boni Forest
Kenya launched an operation to flush out Al-Shabab terrorists from the northeast Boni Forest on the border with Somalia in 2015. The operation was meant...