Kenyan special forces killed four Al Shabaab terrorists in forest raid
Officers from the Kenyan Defence Forces (KDF) Special Forces gunned down four suspected Al Shabaab militants in a raid conducted in Boni Forest, Lamu County....
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Al-Shabaab terrorists claimed beheading of local chief in Kenya
The Al-Shabaab militant group abducted and beheaded the chief of a clutch of villages in northeastern Kenya near the border with Somalia, the Islamists and...
Kenyan Al-Shabaab operative who plotted 9/11-style terrorist attack on US indicted by the authorities
Federal authorities on Wednesday unsealed an indictment charging a Kenyan man with trying to stage a 9/11-style attack on the United States on behalf of...
Islamic State affiliate in Somalia declares war on Al-Qaeda-linked group Al-Shabaab
The growing insurgency in Somalia continues to cause regional stability with the militants now turning against each other if at all a video posted by...
Africa is home to some of the world’s worst terrorism hotspots
Sub-Saharan Africa is now home to some of the world’s worst terrorism hotspots, according to a new index released today. Seven African countries are among...
Al-Shabaab terrorists attack police patrol base in Kenya
Suspected Al-Shabaab militants Wednesday attacked a police base in Garissa, destroyed an armoury and shot a police officer, wounding him seriously. Officers from Amuma Border...
CIA officer killed during a raid on suspected al-Shabaab bomb-maker in Somalia
A CIA officer died during a raid in Somalia last month targeting a key extremist thought to be responsible for an attack that killed an...
Al-Shabaab’s terror in Mozambique
The past months have witnessed an unprecedented escalation of military activity from the Islamist group known as al-Shabab in the mineral-rich province of Cabo Delgado...
U.S. authorities target al-Shabaab leaders with terrorist designations
The Trump administration has sanctioned two leaders of the Somalia-based al-Shabab as part of its efforts to dismantle the al-Qaida-affiliated terrorist organization. U.S. Secretary of...
Ethiopian authorities arrested al-Shabaab and Islamic State suspects planning terror attacks
Ethiopian security officials have arrested 14 suspected members of al-Shabaab and ISIS accused of planning terrorist attacks in the capital Addis Ababa and other parts...
US authorities focused on disrupting finances for Somalia’s al-Shabaab terrorist group
The United States strongly backed efforts to disrupt the illegal financing methods used by Somalia’s al-Shabab extremist group, which according to U.N. experts raised more...
The growing African terrorism threat
Maj. Gen. Dagvin Anderson, the commander of US Special Operations Command Africa, gave a sobering assessment of the increasing security threats posed by al Qaeda,...