Libya diplomat in Kenya says criminal gangs are taking advantage of instability to abuse migrants
Somalia's South West State administration said that three top Al-Shabaab officials from Dinsor and Bardale districts and over 20 militiamen have surrendered themselves to the administration.
An Exhausted KCSE examiner collapsed and died at Loreto High School
3 month ago12-year-old isolated in Maralal prison after police state wrong age
Huge bang of an explosion heard in Mogadishu, Somalia
A truck loaded with explosives blew up in Afarad neighborhood in Mogadishu.
3 month agoTension builds up in Bulohawo town as residents armed with stones and machetes clashed with KDF soldiers over illegal building near border town - Media reports Somalia
Explosions believes to be Mortar shells heard around Somalia's presidential palace in Mogadishu
Alshabaab attack a vehicle carrying US-trained Somali special forces near Balidogle airport in lower Shabeelle region, casualties unknown
Somali Military convoy carrying soldiers has come under al-Shabab attack near Balidogle airport. No confirmation of any Western military trainers in the convoy. Casualties reported.
AMISOM troops in Laanta buuro army base have fired mortar shells toward Aanoole and Sibiib villages in lower Shabeelle region, no civilian casualties, Abdi Ibrahim, police officer said. Sources said, Alshabaab fighters hurled grenade at security checkpoint near Afgoye
Huge explosion hits armored vehicle near Bosaso town. US troops were among soldiers targeted in the bomb blast - Media reports Somalia
Roadside bomb explosion targets a vehicle carrying Puntland military forces in Galgala Mountains located south of the commercial city of Bossaso in Bari region, at least two soldiers killed while 4 others wounded on Wednesday- Sources. Somalia
Kenya raids Islamic school, detains 100 children it fears were becoming radicalised
Two workers die and 5 sustain injuries as bridge under construction in the Nairobi-Naivasha section of SGR caves in at Maai Mahiu.
4 month agoSomali troops with support from AMISOM defend Qansahdhere town in the face of continued besieging from Al-Shabab.
4 month agoU.S. forces conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab militants in the early evening hours on Friday, Dec. 15, approximately 30 miles northwest of Kismayo, Somalia, killing 8 militants and destroying one vehicle. Coalition says no civilians were killed in the strike
Hoteliers in Mombasa and its environs are reporting booming business following an influx of domestic holiday makers and foreign tourists this festive season
4 month agoNasa remains on course to swear in Party Leader Raila Odinga. They are calling for a democratic election or forcefully swear him into office. Nasa remains steadfast the recent polls were conducted in a flawed manner
US suspension of military aid to Somalia comes after its inability to account for provided assistance of food, fuel and weapons
Kenyan police assaulted and raped women during election: rights group
HRW report says "men in uniform" responsible for "widespread sexual violence against women and girls, and sexual attacks on men" during Kenya election violence
4 month agoAt least thirteen policemen killed by Al-Shabab bomb attack against a Mogadishu police academy
Al Shabab has claimed to have killed 27 police officers in a suicide attack on a police training camp in Mogadishu - local media
Death toll from today's suicide explosion in Mogadishu has risen to 18 - official source
Al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the attack on police academy in Mogadishu
Al Shabab claims to have killed several (no figure) police officers in a suicide blast at General Kahiye academy on Thursday morning
Four people were killed in a suicide bombing at a police academy in the Somali capital
A suicide bomber posing a police officer blows himself up at a General Kahiye police academy in Mogadishu
4 month agoAl Shabab releases the first pictures and video from Beled Hawo battle
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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