Four construction workers shot dead in Kenya
The construction site is near Kenya’s largest refugee camp, Dadaab, which houses some 300,000 refugees, mainly Somalians fleeing drought. It’s in Garissa county near the...
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Al-Shabaab-Linked Suspect Sentenced to 30 Years in Jail
A suspect linked with the Al-Shabaab militia has been slapped with 30 years imprisonment after two and a half year trial in court. The two-and-a-half-year...
Puntland Forces Capture Tanzanian Daesh Fighters After U.S. Airstrike
In a significant blow to the Islamic State’s presence in Somalia, the Puntland Security Forces (PSF) announced the capture of two foreign Daesh fighters believed...
Five Somali soldiers and 47 Al-Shabaab militants killed north of Mogadishu
The Somali government announced that five soldiers were killed in an Al-Shabaab attack approximately 350 kilometers north of Mogadishu. The government stated that its forces...
Christian convert in Somalia attacked by knife-wielding Muslim relatives
A Muslim in Somalia was seriously wounded for putting his faith inChrist this month and lost his wife and five children, sources said. Mohammad Abdul,...
Al-Shabaab appoints new ‘army’ commander
Somalia's al-Qaeda network associates; the Al-Shabaab, may have appointed a new army commander, a top national security official revealed, noting that the changes may have...
Controversy Erupts Over Release of ISIS Militants in Puntland
In a highly controversial move, authorities in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region have released a group of six Moroccan nationals who were previously sentenced to death...