Kenyatta Orders Police To ‘finish and Bury’ Al-Shabaab Militants
President Uhuru Kenyatta has declared a major security operation to wipe out Al-Shabaab and ordered that militants be killed and buried. ...
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Nine Kenyans Beheaded By Somali Al-Shabaab Terrorists
Al-Shabaab extremists from neighbouring Somalia beheaded nine civilians in an attack on a village in Kenya, officials said, adding to growing ...
US Conducts Air Strikes On Shabaab Militants In Somalia
The US military conducted an airstrike against a group of Shabaab militants in Somalia early Wednesday, officials said, the third ...
Mogadishu Restaurants Attacks Records 17 Deaths and 26 Injured
Gunmen attacked two restaurants in Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu on Wednesday night, killing at least 17 people and injuring 26 ...
U.S Conducts Strike On Al Shabaab, Destroy Training Base
The Pentagon on Sunday said it had carried out an air strike on al Shabaab in Somalia , and Somalia ...
US Forces Conduct Strike Against Somalia’s Al-Shabaab
US forces carried out a strike in conjunction with Somali special forces Sunday against Al-Shabaab approximately 185 miles (300 kilometers) ...
Four Kenyan Police, Civilian Killed By IED
Four police officers were killed when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in southeastern Kenya, a week after 14 others ...
Inter-Ethnic Clashes Claim 6 Lives In Somalia
At least 6 people were killed and nine others injured when rival clans clashed in Central Somalia, local elders said ...
London Conference Aims For Stable Somalia Under New Chief
International leaders are gathering in London on Thursday to thrash out agreements with Somalia aimed at stabilising the country under ...
US Soldier Killed, Two Wounded In Fight With Shabaab In Somalia
An American soldier was shot dead and two others wounded in Somalia during a joint operation with Somali forces against ...
Somalia Sacks Senior Official Over Minister’s Shooting
The Somali government sacked the country's auditor-general on Friday, after his bodyguards were accused of shooting dead the minister of ...
US Defense Secretary Mattis Visits Strategic Djibouti
US Defense Secretary James Mattis arrived Sunday for a short visit to Djibouti, a strategically important country on the Horn ...
Several Dead In Attack On Mogadishu Army Camp
A suicide bomber detonated his vest inside a military training camp in Mogadishu on Monday, a day after an attack ...
Five Suspected Al Shabaab Militants Executed In Somalia For Killing Officials
The court said the accused were members of the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militant group Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region on ...
Death Toll In Somali Military Base Bomb Attack Rises To At Least 15
At least 15 people were killed when a car bomb exploded outside a military base in the Somali capital of ...
Somaliland Court Jails Journalist Two Years For
National Union of Somali Journalists said the ruling was a threat to independent media A court in Somalia’s breakaway region ...
Somali President Declares New War On Shabaab, Offers Amnesty
Somalia's new President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Thursday declared war against Shabaab extremists, offering amnesty to militants who surrendered within ...
US Beefs Up Muscle In Somalia Fight
The US provides military support to Somalia in its fight against al-Shabab President Donald Trump has given the US military ...
Trump Boosts US Military Authority For In Somalia Fighting
President Donald Trump has boosted the US military's authority to step up air strikes in the fight against Islamist insurgents ...
Somali President Pleads To UN For Aid To Avert Famine
Somalia's new president appealed to the international community Thursday for more aid to avert a famine threatening his country that ...