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...
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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...
Somalia: Jubbaland Dervish Commander Survives Al-Shabaab Mine Attack in Somali Border Area
Abbas Ibrahim Gurey, the commander of Jubbaland's Dervish forces, survived an assassination attempt on Monday when a landmine detonated near the Somali-Kenyan border, according to...
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...
Al-Shabaab executes two men by firing squad in southern Somalia
Al-Shabaab militants on Wednesday executed two men by firing squad in the Lower Shabelle region, marking the latest in a series of killings aimed at...
Five AU soldiers killed in Somalia explosions – Al Shabab
At least five Ugandan soldiers were killed and five others wounded on Saturday and Sunday in separate roadside bomb explosions in the Lower Shabelle region....
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...
Somalia: Al-Shabab’s top leader calls for war on Ethiopia
In a 45-minute audio, Al Shabab’s top leader, Sheikh Abu Ubeida, spoke out against Ethiopia’s push for sea access and its controversial deal with Somaliland,...
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...