Kidnappers demand $1.5m for Cuban doctors taken in Kenya
Gunmen who kidnapped two Cuban doctors in northeastern Kenya and whisked them to Somalia have demanded $1.5 million (1.35 million euros) for their release, police...
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Somalia car bomb near the Presidential Palace kills four people
At least four people were killed and scores of others were injured in a bomb explosion at the Warta-Nabada district headquarters in the Somalia capital,...
British terror suspect jailed in Kenya for possessing explosives
A Kenyan court on Thursday sentenced British terror suspect Jermaine Grant to four years prison for possessing bomb-making materials, charges the accused extremist has long...
Fourthy-year jail term for ten terrorists in northern Mozambique
A court in northern Mozambique has jailed 10 persons known to have carried out deadly attacks on the local population in some districts of the...
US Army confirms the killing of Islamic State leader in Somalia
The US military confirmed Monday that it had killed the second-ranking Islamic State leader in Somalia in an air strike. US Africa Command said that...
Cuban doctors kidnapped by suspected al-Shabab Islamic extremists in Kenya
Suspected Somali al-Shabab Islamic extremists kidnapped two Cuban doctors on Friday and killed their police protection officer in northeastern Kenya, police sources said. The sources...
Kenya wants the UN Security Council to recognise al Shabaab as a terrorist organisation
Kenya wants the UN Security Council to recognise al Shabaab as a terrorist organisation. The government has appealed to the Council to help Kenya fight...
Suicide car bomb killed at least ten people in the Somali capital Mogadishu
At least 10 people, including soldiers, civilians, and a deputy minister, were killed when a car bomb followed by gunfire targeted government buildings in the...
Al-Shabaab’s Kenyan commander suspected to have been killed in airstrike
A Kenyan-born top Al-Shabaab commander who is believed to be responsible for conducting the El Adde attack is suspected to be among 40 militants of...
At least 10 people are dead in car bomb attack outside hotel in Somalia claimed by Al Shabaab terrorists
An Islamic extremist group claimed a Mogadishu hotel was the intended target, but a police officer said militants detonated...
U.S. airstrike kills at least 35 Al-Shabaab suspects in Somalia
The US Africa Command estimated 35 al-Shabab "terrorists" were killed in an aerial bombing targeting the jihadi group in Somalia's central Hiran region.
How Al Shabaab terrorists are circulating millions of terror money unnoticed
When Mr Hassan Abdi Nur, a mobile money agent, was arraigned for the 14 Riverside Drive attack, it must have come as a shock to...