U.S. official says two strikes were carried out against Islamic State militants in northeastern Somalia
Kenya opposition supporters urged to boycott three companies
Two Al-Shabaab militants were killed in battle with KDF in Lamu County, Kenya Defence Forces spokesman David Obonyo said.
An eyewitness confirmed, 3 people wounded after a bomb fitted into a car went off near Banaadir junction in Mogadishu. Somalia
AlShabaab ambushed a convoy carrying government troops in Burhakaba town. Somalia
Hundreds of Ethiopian troops were deployed to Luuq town in Gedo region to conduct massive operations against Al Shabab – sources
Kenya chief justice says police 'enhanced' security after shooting
Niger defense minister asks U.S. to deploy armed drones against militants
Gunfire heard in Eritrea's capital as protests break out, U.S. embassy says
Hearing reports of an explosion in Bosaso
Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga lambasts "sham" election and vows a campaign of civil disobedience and peaceful protest
Abu Mansuur was former Al Shabab deputy leader and spokesman before he surrendered himself to the federal government of Somalia months ago
Former Al Shabab spy boss Sakariye Ismail is shortlisted to be next NISA chief following the sacking of Abdullahi Sanbaloolshe
8 month agoIEBC declares Kenyatta re-elected in repeat presidential election.
8 month agoPresident Uhuru Kenyatta en route to Bomas of Kenya
Kenyatta wins disputed Kenya elections with 98.2 percent : official
8 month agoChebukati: Mombasa County registered voters were 580,613
Somalia sacks police, intelligence chiefs following a second deadly terrorist attack in Mogadishu in two weeks
8 month agoUS calls for an immediate, transparent national dialogue involving all Kenyans to resolve divisions that electoral process has exacerbated.
8 month agoKenya's Odinga calls for calm as he visits a Nairobi slum hit by violence during presidential election rerun
Survivor recounts losing family members and being rescued from Nasa Hablod hotel as govt sacks security chiefs
Man killed with arrows in Kenyan village on edge over elections
Somalia police end night-long siege of hotel, 23 dead
Somalia sacks Intel Chief Abdullahi Mohamed Sanbalolshe and Cmdr of the Police Abdihakim Saaid after dead Shabab attack: Minister
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga says Thursday's presidential election re-run was "a sham" and he wants another vote within 90 days
Second blast goes off in Nasahablod hotel in Mogadishu
Another massive explosion heard in Mogadishu. Somalia
8 month agoDue to VBIED attack huge blast heard and smoke seen billowing in Mogadishu Somali
8 month agoVoting ongoing in Turkana county. Verification process at Bomas far from over
8 month agoLeaders from the Luhya community have condemned the acts of violence witnessed in the area of Kawangware clashes
Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen. Is a Salafist jihadist fundamentalist group based in East Africa.Al-Shabaab is an offshoot of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), which splintered into several smaller factions after its defeat in 2006 by Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the TFG's Ethiopian military allies
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