al-shabaab
14 May 2013, 09:03
A man who authorities say played a key role in funnelling young men from Minnesota to a terrorist group in Somalia has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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02 April 2013, 15:44
Gunmen have shot dead two Kenyan policemen in the latest attack in the restive border region with war-torn Somalia, a top policeman says.
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21 March 2013, 18:17
The United States has offered a five-million-dollar reward each for information leading to the arrest or conviction of two Al-Shabaab militants.
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21 February 2013, 13:23
Seven people were shot dead by gunmen believed to be Al Shabaab militants in Liboi border town.
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25 December 2012, 13:00
Police announced they will remain on a high alert throughout the festivities to curb terrorism threats and other criminal incidents.
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Friday, 21 December 2012
21 December 2012, 13:57
We have fallen back on our security levels and our incursion into Somalia is not really meeting its full objective.
Monday, 17 December 2012
17 December 2012, 08:37
One person was wounded as a huge blast shook the predominantly Somali neighbourhood of Eastleigh, according to police reports.
Monday, 19 November 2012
19 November 2012, 07:56
Seven people were killed and many more wounded when an explosive device was hurled at a packed minibus in Eastleigh.
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
30 October 2012, 09:11
Security has been tightened in Mombasa and its environs following intelligence reports of impending terror attacks.
Thursday, 25 October 2012
25 October 2012, 16:00
Kenyan security forces must end the abuse of residents in crackdowns and reprisal raids in the hunt for suspected backers of Al-Shabaab.
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
24 October 2012, 09:27
The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and those of Somalia have have captured Al Shabaab women’s leader in Kismayu port.
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
23 October 2012, 10:41
Police now say a man who surrendered resembles wanted terror suspect Hassan Owiti, but he is not the one sought over terror links.
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
17 October 2012, 08:08
At least 10 Kenyan police officers were injured when two grenades were hurled at them by suspected Al-Shabaab sympathisers in Mombasa.
Thursday, 11 October 2012
11 October 2012, 12:21
Kenyan troops in Kismayu, Somalia have recovered bodies of two of their colleagues who were killed in the town by the Al Shabaab militants.
Monday, 08 October 2012
08 October 2012, 06:18
AU troops alongside Somali forces seized the formerly Islamist-held town of Wanla Weyn, the latest loss for the Al-Qaeda linked Shabaab fighters.
08 October 2012, 11:16
Somalia’s Shabaab insurgents on Monday banned the aid agency Islamic Relief, one of the very few groups who were able to work.
Friday, 05 October 2012
05 October 2012, 11:23
President Mwai Kibaki has once again assured Kenyans of security in the wake of several terror attacks in the country.
Friday, 28 September 2012
28 September 2012, 07:46
Kenyan troops crossed into Kismayu, the Al Shabaab militant group's last major bastion as part of a main offensive driving out the rebels.
Wednesday, 26 September 2012
26 September 2012, 08:12
KDF jets finally hit the terrorist Al Shabaab stronghold of Kismayu in Somalia, destroying a warehouse and the armoury at the main airport.
Tuesday, 25 September 2012
25 September 2012, 07:59
A KDF soldier with the AU force in Somalia killed six people, all thought to be civilians, when he fired on them, authorities said.
Monday, 17 September 2012
17 September 2012, 16:27
One of the two suspects arrested with a cache of firearms in Eastleigh last week has pleaded guilty to being a member of Al Shabaab.
Wednesday, 05 September 2012
05 September 2012, 10:06
Hundreds of residents have fled the southern Somali port of Kismayu after KDF shelled the town ahead of an expected ground operation.
Monday, 03 September 2012
03 September 2012, 13:13
Terror suspect Sheikh Said Abubakar Ahmed turned up at the Mombasa Law Courts to plead to charges related to the Mombasa riots.
Thursday, 30 August 2012
30 August 2012, 06:26
PM Raila Odinga has called for the nation to come together to stop religious violence, after rioting sparked by the killing of a cleric.
30 August 2012, 06:53
Four police officers on patrol were seriously injured in yet another grenade attack in Mombasa.
30 August 2012, 12:39
An uneasy calm is in Mombasa, following the deadly clashes between police and youths over the killing of cleric as President Kibaki visits.
Wednesday, 01 August 2012
01 August 2012, 14:33
Somalia’s constituent assembly endorsed a draft constitution, billed as a key step to ending decades of civil war, and shortly after two suicide bombs blew.
Wednesday, 25 July 2012
25 July 2012, 10:11
It seems like we are witnessing the end of Al Shabab which has so terrorised large swathes of Somalia for such a long time, writes Prof Hussein Solomon.
Tuesday, 24 July 2012
24 July 2012, 16:40
The case against two terror suspects was postponed after they told the court that they were traumatized following a kidnap attempt at dawn.
Monday, 23 July 2012
23 July 2012, 06:52
Somalia's Al-Shabaab publicly executed 3 of its members, saying they had spied on the militants for the US and British intelligence agencies.
23 July 2012, 13:36
Investigations on the 2 suspects arrested in Kitale, highly suspected to be working for the Somali terror militia Al-shaabab are underway.
Tuesday, 17 July 2012
17 July 2012, 13:05
Three Kenyan police officers were killed in an ambush in north-eastern near the Somali border, the local police chief said.
Monday, 16 July 2012
16 July 2012, 16:35
Sea piracy worldwide fell by 54% in the first half of 2012, led by a dramatic drop in Somali piracy, an international maritime watchdog said.
16 July 2012, 16:42
The suspect of the Bella Vista grenade attack in Mombasa which left one person dead and scores injured was arraigned in court.
Thursday, 12 July 2012
12 July 2012, 11:00
Two Kenyan aid workers and a Somali doctor were kidnapped in lawless northern Somalia, probably by pirates, authorities said.
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
11 July 2012, 12:00
A 25-year-old house-help has admitted before a Nairobi Court that she had sent death threats to Education Minister Mutula Kilonzo via sms.
Friday, 06 July 2012
06 July 2012, 08:42
From east to west Africa, a rise in Islamic extremism has led to a surge in deadly attacks and kidnappings by groups linked to al-Qaeda.
06 July 2012, 11:30
The United States placed sanctions on 6 alleged backers of Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab rebels in Somalia.
06 July 2012, 12:16
A Nigerian court accused two men of having links with al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and of receiving funds from the militant group.
Thursday, 05 July 2012
05 July 2012, 15:03
An additional 700 police officers have been deployed to Garissa and its environs to curb insecurity threats posed by Al Shabaab militants.
Monday, 02 July 2012
02 July 2012, 06:59
17 people are dead and dozens wounded in gun and grenade attacks on 2 churches in Garissa town near the border with Somalia, officials said.
02 July 2012, 10:20
US has strongly condemned the "heinous" attacks on churches in Kenya that left 17 people dead and dozens wounded in Garissa town.
02 July 2012, 13:48
Prime Minister Raila Odinga has ruled out pulling Kenyan troops from Somalia, saying it will be tantamount to surrendering to terrorism.
Saturday, 23 June 2012
23 June 2012, 13:10
The US embassy in Kenya warned of the threat of an imminent attack in Mombasa as Kenyan police arrested two Iranians on suspicion of planning bomb attacks.
Wednesday, 13 June 2012
13 June 2012, 08:12
Witnesses say that hundreds of gun-toting al-Shabaab fighters have moved back into some Somali towns abandoned last week by Ethiopian troops.
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
12 June 2012, 14:02
Prime Minister Raila Odinga has appealed to the EU and US to help AMISOM wrest the port of Kismayu from Somalia’s Al Shabaab Islamists.
Friday, 08 June 2012
08 June 2012, 08:49
A price of KES 2.9 billion has been put on the heads of the leaders of Somali terrorist group Al-Shabaab by the United States government.
Friday, 01 June 2012
01 June 2012, 13:25
A US-based intelligence firm warned on Friday of an impending attack by Somalia’s Al-Shabaab, mainly targeting skyscrapers in Nairobi.
Monday, 28 May 2012
28 May 2012, 13:55
A loud blast rocked the Kenyan capital and television pictures showed a fire raging in a badly damaged building and crowds carrying a number of wounded people away from the site.
Friday, 04 May 2012
04 May 2012, 13:05
Newly released documents show that Osama bin Laden didn’t want the Somali militant group al-Shabaab to publicly announce a merger with al-Qaeda.