1 month agoSomali military claims to have killed 7 AlShabaab fighters in fighting near Kismayo town, saying 5 others soldiers were also injured in the clash. Somalia
1 month agoSeveral officers killed in Wajir IED attack
2 month agoRotich: Today 6.7 million Kenyans have been connected to electricity compared to 2.3 million in 2013
A Hawlwadag district official and one of the electoral delegates in last year's Somalia election died in separate attacks by suspected Al-Shabab assassins
Two soldiers killed in an attack on military base in Qansaxdhere town. Somalia, Ethiopian forces clashed with AlShabaab - Media reports
Kenya military budget crosses the $1 billion mark as country increases spending on military and intelligence resources
Gen. Mohamed Ahmed, the commander of army division 52 forces told local media that the security operations in the past four months done all over the Hiiran Region killed 80 Alshabaan fighters including top officers. Somalia
Somali military claims to have killed at least 80 AlShabaab fighters in an operation near Mokoqori town. There was no word from the group over the claims. Somalia
"They fired about four mortars rounds from the other side of the [Jubba] river, and one of them hit the US soldier," the commander said of the attack that killed US Staff Sgt Alexander Conrad on Friday
Details on the al Shabab attack that killed a US special ops soldier: US/Somalia/Kenya forces were setting up an outpost in an open area due to flooding - possible alShabab had clear view before firing mortars from across the river, Somali unit cmdr tells
2 month agoFirst Lady Margaret Kenyatta is set to deliver a key note address at Harvard University in Massachusetts, USA, outlining the successes of Beyond Zero campaign.
2 month agoHonoring Army Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Conrad, 26, of Chandler, Ariz., killed in Somalia Friday by enemy indirect fire. Member of 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
2 month agoWreckage of the VBIED which exploded outside the Somali, US, Kenyan military base near Sanguni, a Somali soldier was slightly wounded.
Reports from Sanguni say troops 'foiled' a suicide car bomb. A soldier suspected the VBIED and opened fire forcing it to detonate outside the base, two militants were killed, one soldier wounded, per source. A US soldier was killed 4 wounded in the area on Friday.
[email protected] update on yesterday's attack in Somalia: "the wounded Americans have been treated and discharged and are currently under the care of the US Embassy Medical Team in Kenya"
One U.S. special operations soldier was killed and four U.S. service members wounded in an "enemy attack" on Friday in Somalia
2 month agoU.S. Statement on Situation in Somalia
Joint US-African force attacked by alShabab north of Kismayo Somalia, confirms US military official. Possible casualties.
2 month agoKenya police warned possible Al-Shabab attacks on key locations in Wajir, Mandera and Garissa, say they have deployed resources to confront such attacks.
2 month agoNone of the 2 crew members and 8 passengers in the FlySax plane that crashed in the Aberdares survived, rescue teams on the ground confirm.
2 month ago10 dead; no survivors in FlySax passenger aircraft crash in Aberdares on Tuesday ~ @flysaxairline #FlySax
Somalia: Deadly clash kills 4 soldiers near Baidoa
2 month agoThe Ground team is headed to the crash site in the Aberdares. #FlySax
Three Somali Govt forces died following overnight Al-Shabab attack on Daynuunay military barracks, 20km east of Baidoa; there are reports intermittent exchange of gunfire is still taking place between the sides: Security Source
2 month agoIn the aftermath of Garissa explosion. Kenya. Somalia
At least 5 Kenyan soldiers killed, 3 others injured after their vehicle was hit by roadside bomb in Liboi, Garissa county, near Somalia border - Media reports. Kenya.
Al-Shabab is sending fake defectors to the Somali defectors program with a plan to kill officials, collect info and threaten genuine defectors. Within the last month alone, two fake defectors killed soldiers and rejoined the group
Suicide bombers kill 10 in attack on mosque in southeastern Niger
2 month agoVideo: Al-Shabab fighter Ibrahim Mohamed was captured near Bardhere earlier today by Govt forces.
AFRICOM says it has conducted yet another airstrike in Somalia, killing 27 Shabab fighters
