US officials say new al Qaeda leader video shows terror group is still a threat
The latest message from al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri urging supporters to unite against enemies may be, at first glance, a fairly routine statement from...
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Is Somalia losing the war against the terrorist group al-Shabaab?
Somalia has been engaged in a long and bloody war with al-Shabaab. Some would claim the government is losing control, others would claim they were...
Somali army commander killed in landmine explosion
A senior commander in the Somali National Army (SNA), Col Abdisalam Adan Kurjow, has been killed by a landmine, official confirmed. The deputy commissioner of...
Saudi Arabia and UAE gave US arms to al-Qaeda-linked groups
Saudi Arabia and its coalition partner in Yemen, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) transferred US-made weapons to al-Qaeda-linked groups and a Salafi militia whose commande
Al-Qaeda sees Afghanistan as safe haven for its leadership
Terror group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) that backs Al Qaeda still has its strongholds in Afghanistan where near about 2,500 to...
Malindi man and his son found guilty of housing Al-Qaeda’s Fazul Abdullah
A man and his son, accused of hosting slain Al-Qaeda terrorist Fazul Abdullah who was linked to Nairobi US embassy bombing of 1998, have been...
Nine people killed in powerful explosion near a mall in a busy market in Mogadishu
At least nine people were killed and several wounded when a car loaded with explosives blew up near a mall in a busy market in...
Foreign sponsors of terror should be held accountable
Much attention has focused on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign, and on foreign manipulation in social media targeting American voters. However, not
Inside the deadly Al-Shabaab recruitment cells in the country
When authorities raided four mosques in Mombasa following their links to radicalisation of youth in 2014, police said they had made a “major” step in...
At least four Ethiopian soldiers are killed in the latest in Al-Shabab blast
At least four Ethiopian soldiers were killed in southern Somalia pn Saturday in an Al-Shabaab suicide bombing near their base, a security official and witnesses...
Attacker involved in killing the US ambassador in Libya commits suicide after besieged by army
Libya’s eastern-based army Wednesday announced that a terrorist involved in the attack on the United States (US) consulate in Benghazi in 2012 blew himself up...
Foreign sponsors of terrorism should be held accountable
Much attention has focused on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign, and on foreign manipulation in social media targeting American voters. However, not