Kenyan police kills 20 al-Shebab suspects
Twenty people, suspected of being radical Islamist al-Shebab, were killed after ambushing police in Mandera County in northeastern Kenya, near the border with Somalia, Kenyan […]
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Somalia: Attack on a military base at the start of the withdrawal of AU forces
Radical Islamist al-Shebab attacked a military base 450 kilometers west of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, police and witnesses said, as the African Union […]
Eight Kenyan policemen killed in an explosion blamed on the Shebab
Eight Kenyan police officers were killed when their vehicle was destroyed by an improvised explosive device in a suspected attack by Somali-based radical Islamist al-Shebab, […]
Several soldiers killed by Shebab in southern Somalia
Several Somali soldiers were killed Tuesday in an attack on a military base claimed by the Al-Shebab in a town recaptured from the radical Islamists […]
Somalia: recently released journalist jailed again
A Somali freelance journalist who was released in February after being sentenced to two months in prison for threatening national security has been jailed again, […]
U.S. strike against Al-Shebab in Somalia
The U.S. military announced Thursday that it killed five Shebab fighters in a strike in a remote region of Somalia, a country that is leading […]
Two months in prison for Somali journalist accused of threatening national security
A Somali court on Monday sentenced a freelance journalist to two months in prison on charges of threatening national security, according to a media association, […]
Somalia: Eight dead in the siege of a hotel attacked by the Shebab
At least eight people were killed during the siege of a hotel in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, occupied since Sunday night by jihadist fighters […]
Somali government announces killing of 21 members of Al-Shebab extremist group
Somali intelligence service (NISA) agents killed 21 members of the extremist group Al-Shebab and wounded ten more in an operation carried out this Sunday in […]
At least nine dead in new suicide attacks by Shebab jihadists in Somalia
At least nine people were killed, including local officials, and 10 others wounded in two suicide attacks claimed by radical Islamist Shebab in central Somalia, […]