Al Shabaab remains huge threat and lethal force in Somalia
Check into any big hotel in Somalia, and it’s not unusual to meet a government minister in the dining room, an ex-warlord in the lift,...
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Three Al-Shabaab terrorists killed in foiled IED attack on border patrol police
Two police officers on patrol in the area were injured after the explosive device planted by the terrorists in the area detonated on Monday. Witnesses...
At least 26 people are killed in the latest terrorist attack in Somalia claimed by Al Qaeda-linked group
At least 26 people were killed and 56 others injured in a deadly terrorist attack at a hotel in Somalian port town of Kismayo, officials...
Somalia executes three over deadly 2017 hotel attack
A statement issued by the military said the three were shot dead by a firing squad at a police academy in Mogadishu Wednesday. The men...
Heavy fighting between Al-Shabaab terrorists and Amisom troops near the Kenyan border
Al-Shabaab militants on Tuesday attacked Amisom troops in two areas near the Kenyan border, residents and media sources have reported. The heavily armed Al-Shabaab fighters...
Al-Shabaab terrorists execute five men over spying claims in Jubbaland
The Al-Qaeda branch in Somalia, Al-Shabaab militia group executed five Somali men in Hagar area of Lower Jubba region of Somalia on claims of spying....
Suicide car bomb kills at least six people in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu
Islamic extremists exploded a suicide car bomb and killed at least six people near the presidential palace in Somalia's capital on Wednesday, police said. Capt....
Kenya wants from the UN to list al-Shabaab as terrorist group
The appeal was made by Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma during talks with EU High Representative Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, on...
Kidnappers demand $1.5m for Cuban doctors taken in Kenya
Gunmen who kidnapped two Cuban doctors in northeastern Kenya and whisked them to Somalia have demanded $1.5 million (1.35 million euros) for their release, police...
Where has the Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahiri been hiding for 18 years?
Nestled alongside ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi in the deepest ranks of the depraved, Al Qaeda’s chief Ayman Al Zawahiri is one of the...
Somalia car bomb near the Presidential Palace kills four people
At least four people were killed and scores of others were injured in a bomb explosion at the Warta-Nabada district headquarters in the Somalia capital,...
British terror suspect jailed in Kenya for possessing explosives
A Kenyan court on Thursday sentenced British terror suspect Jermaine Grant to four years prison for possessing bomb-making materials, charges the accused extremist has long...