Somali singer arrested and accused of having al-Shabaab links
uthorities in Somalia are detaining a local singer who they say was a supporter of al-Shabaab. In a tweet on Wednesday, Somalia’s National Intelligence and...
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Two people injured in suspected Al-Shabaab terrorist bus attack
Two people were injured when suspected Al-Shabaab militants ambushed a passenger bus at Khorof Kharar in Wajir County early Friday morning. County Police Commander Thomas...
Nine people injured in Somalia terrorist attack flown to Turkey for medical treatment
Nine people injured in a bomb attack on Saturday in Somalia, including three Turkish nationals, were being flown to Turkey on Tuesday for medical treatment,...
Three Christian teachers killed and one injured in attack by Al-Shabaab terrorists
Three Christian teachers are dead following an attack by a terrorist group in Kenya. Persecution watchdog International Christian Concern says the attack took place on...
Car bomb attack wounds Turkish contractors and police forces near Mogadishu
Somali insurgents linked to al Qaeda claimed responsibility for a car bombing on Saturday that wounded at least 15 people in Afgoye, northwest of the...
Al-Shabaab terrorist group is resurging in Somalia
Al-Shabaab, the al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group in Somalia, is resurging again and demonstrating its ability to launch attacks with impunity. In late December 2019, Shabaab detonated...
Kenya wants to secure its borders as Al-Shabab terrorists launched deadly attacks
Kenya has endured a grim start to the new year as extremist group al-Shabab launched attacks against targets including a school, a police post and...
Al-Shabaab’s attacks come amid backdrop of West’s waning interest
Two significant attacks have been carried out by al-Shabaab in recent weeks. On 6 January 2020, the Somali-based terrorist group attacked a Kenyan military base...
Al-Shabaab terrorists kill three teachers and abduct one in Kenya
The terrorists attacked the settlement of Kamuthe in Garissa County near Kenya’s border with Somalia on Monday, according to a police report. They killed three...
Al-Shabaab terrorist group threatens to attack US targets around the world
The Somali terrorist outfit al-Shabaab has threatened to strike at American targets around the world days after it mounted a deadly and unprecedented attack on...
Al-Shabaab car bomb kills three and wounds six others at checkpoint in Somali capital
A car bomb exploded at a checkpoint in Somalia's capital Wednesday morning, killing three people and wounding six others, a local official said. The al-Qaida-linked...
Islamic terrorist group Al-Shabaab attacks joint U.S.-Kenyan base
Just before dawn, Al-Shabaab, an Al-Qaeda affiliate, attacked a United States-Kenyan shared airstrip along the Kenyan border near Somalia. The group attacked Camp Simba on...