Al-Shabaab’s Kenyan commander suspected to have been killed in airstrike
A Kenyan-born top Al-Shabaab commander who is believed to be responsible for conducting the El Adde attack is suspected to be among 40 militants of...
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U.S. airstrike kills at least 35 Al-Shabaab suspects in Somalia
The US Africa Command estimated 35 al-Shabab "terrorists" were killed in an aerial bombing targeting the jihadi group in Somalia's central Hiran region.
New report on Islamic State details presence across Africa
A new report presented to the United Nations Security Council on Monday details the threat that Islamic State continues to present to the African continent,...
Al-Shabaab bride who married three terrorists
Until her demise in 2017, Fatuma Mohammed Musuo had gotten married to three suspected Al-Shabaab terrorists.The woman's relatives feared that she could have joined the...
Kenya joins global coalition against Islamic State terrorist group
Kenya has joined a grouping of countries collaborating against terror merchants Isis, even as government officials criticised what they called a pattern of travel advisories...
Is Somalia losing the war against the terrorist group al-Shabaab?
Somalia has been engaged in a long and bloody war with al-Shabaab. Some would claim the government is losing control, others would claim they were...
Somali army commander killed in landmine explosion
A senior commander in the Somali National Army (SNA), Col Abdisalam Adan Kurjow, has been killed by a landmine, official confirmed. The deputy commissioner of...
The US embassy in Kenya warns of terrorist threat in Nairobi and the coastal regions
The United States embassy in Kenya has issued a security alert for citizens in the capital Nairobi, two towns in central Kenya and coastal regions....
Inside the deadly Al-Shabaab recruitment cells in the country
When authorities raided four mosques in Mombasa following their links to radicalisation of youth in 2014, police said they had made a “major” step in...
At least four Ethiopian soldiers are killed in the latest in Al-Shabab blast
At least four Ethiopian soldiers were killed in southern Somalia pn Saturday in an Al-Shabaab suicide bombing near their base, a security official and witnesses...
Kenyan police authorities detained 17 al-Shabaab terror suspects
Police in Kenya are detaining 17 suspects arrested over suspected links with Somalia-based terror group Al-Shabaab, sources said. The suspects were ordered to be deta
Home-grown terrorism is a huge threat for Kenya
The six attackers and 12 suspects in court for the 15 January terror attack on Nairobi’s dusitD2 hotel complex are mostly Kenyans. This was also...