Ugandan children targeted in attack by known terror group
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is struggling to defend his security forces after they failed to block a June 16 attack on a secondary school where...
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Jihadists strike military base in Somalia
A military base in Somalia came under attack by Al-Shabaab jihadists on Wednesday, police and witnesses said, just as the African Union announced it was...
Why al Shabaab attacks are back in North Eastern
Four Demoralised officers and failure by the government to facilitate operations are being cited as some of the factors contributing to the resurgence of terror...
Uganda Buying Drones for the Troops in Somalia After Attack
Ugandan President Museveni has said that he is planning to buy drones to the UPDF forces in Somalia if they cannot get support from their...
43 Al-Shabab Fighters Killed in Airstrike in Somalia
Somalia’s government says 43 al-Shabab militants, including two senior commanders, were killed by Somali National Army forces during a weekend airstrike about 14 kilometers from...
Uganda arrests 20 militia collaborators over horrific attack on school
"Twenty arrests have been made of suspected collaborators, suspected ADF collaborators," police spokesman Fred Enanga told a press conference, referring to the Allied Democratic Forces...
20 Police Officers Trained on Surveillance Operations in Fight Against Terrorism
Twenty police officers from the National Police Service have completed a specialized training program aimed at enhancing their skills in surveillance operations for combating terrorism....
Eight Kenyan police officers killed in Al-Shabaab explosion
Eight Kenyan police officers were killed when their vehicle was blown up by an improvised explosive device in a suspected attack by Somalia-based jihadist group...
Al Shabaab militants make northern Kenya their playground
Mandera county commissioner attributed the rising raids to the high presence of militants in the county due to an ongoing crackdown in Somalia. Kenya has...
South Africa in the spotlight over terror funding
Yet experts say the continent's most industrialised nation is now a nerve centre for jihadist financing in Africa. "South Africa is open hunting ground," Pretoria-based...
WHO Staff Member Killed in Terrorist Attack in Somalia
A staff member of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Somalia was among the 16 civilians killed in a terrorist attack on a hotel in...
Al-Shabaab militants kill nine in hotel siege in Somalia
Six civilians and three security force members were killed in a late-night attack by militant fighters on a beachside hotel in the Somalian capital Mogadishu,...