Was a Kenyan terrorist plotting another 9/11 style attack?
On December 16, the US District Court in the Southern District of New York unsealed an indictment against a Kenyan member of al Shabaab, the...
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Al-Shabaab chief in Somalia claims Ayman Al-Zawahiri is still alive
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri could still be alive according to the latest audio released by Al-Shabaab boss Ahmed Omar Diriye, aka Abu Ubaidah, who is...
Five people including killed and many injured in al-Shabaab terrorist attack in Somalia
Five people, including two Turkish nationals, were killed and more than a dozen others injured on Saturday after a suicide bomber carried out an attack...
Al-Shabaab terrorists who attended flight school in Philippines and planned 9/11–style attack in US custody
Federal authorities earlier this month unsealed an indictment charging a Kenyan man with trying to stage a 9/11-style attack on the United States on behalf...
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....
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...