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04 May 2012, 14:05
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.
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30 April 2012, 13:34
The Vatican condemned “terrorist” attacks on Christians in Kenya and Nigeria which claimed around 20 lives and called for restraint.
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03 April 2012, 16:16
Authorities have said they have intensified an investigation into grenade attacks in Mombasa where 2 people were killed and dozens wounded.
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30 March 2012, 08:38
The Seychelles government has transferred 17 convicted Somali pirates to prisons in Somaliland because of overcrowding in its prisons.
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29 March 2012, 12:04
A British man has been arrested in Somalia after claiming he was heading on vacation to a rebel-held town.
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Wednesday, 28 March 2012
28 March 2012, 09:23
A British man has been arrested in the Somalia for suspected links to the Islamist rebel group al-Shabaab, the Amisom and police say.
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
27 March 2012, 09:44
Ethiopian forces have seized the main base of the Shabaab in central Somalia, the latest stronghold the extremists have lost in recent months.
Friday, 23 March 2012
23 March 2012, 10:40
Islamist fighters have fled town as Somali, Ethiopian troops move in.
23 March 2012, 11:04
Private security firms are storing their guns aboard floating armouries in intl waters so ships that want armed guards can cut costs.
Thursday, 22 March 2012
22 March 2012, 07:12
British hostage Judith Tebbutt,freed more than 6 months after being abducted by Somali pirates, said her son secured her freedom.
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
21 March 2012, 11:00
A car bomb exploded in the heart of the Somali capital's administrative district, triggering bursts of gunfire from security forces.
21 March 2012, 12:29
British hostage Judith Tebbutt, captured in Kenya over six months ago by gunmen who killed her husband, was released in Somalia.
21 March 2012, 14:12
British hostage Judith Tebbutt, captured over 6 months ago by gunmen who killed her husband, was released in Somalia and flown to Nairobi.
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
20 March 2012, 14:05
Shabaab have seized the town of Dhusamareb in central Somalia Tuesday, as Shabaab commanders called on fighters to intensify attacks against government and regional forces.
Monday, 19 March 2012
19 March 2012, 12:38
At least 6 Somali civilians have been killed after mortar shells struck their camp for idps near the presidential palace in Mogadishu.
19 March 2012, 13:33
A blind man is now among suspects questioned by the ATPU in ongoing investigations into the recent grenade attacks that left 9 dead Nairobi.
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
13 March 2012, 11:16
Somalia's Shabaab rebels have denied being behind grenade blasts that killed six people in the Kenyan capital at the weekend.
13 March 2012, 12:09
Kenya will avail 4 660 soldiers to the African Union force in Somalia, where it already has troops fighting the al-Qaeda linked Shabaab insurgents.
Monday, 12 March 2012
12 March 2012, 10:15
John Otieno was hit by an object on the thigh when a blast occurred at Country Bus station in Nairobi on Saturday evening.
12 March 2012, 12:27
The death toll from Nairobi's grenade attack climbed to seven after one man succumbed to his injuries at Kenyatta National Hospital.
Monday, 05 March 2012
05 March 2012, 09:45
Gunmen have shot dead a Somali radio reporter in Somalia in the latest in a string of attacks on journalists.
Friday, 02 March 2012
02 March 2012, 07:49
Kenyan police are hunting for a British woman who has been using the identity of the widow of one of the suicide bombers in London.
Monday, 27 February 2012
27 February 2012, 22:22
An explosion has killed three people at a football match in the war-torn Somali capital Mogadishu.
Friday, 24 February 2012
24 February 2012, 10:36
International powers pledged to boost aid for Somalia to tackle Islamist militancy, piracy and political instability.
24 February 2012, 11:10
AU forces in Mogadishu claims Somalia's Shabaab fighters are close to collapse, with large numbers fleeing the war-torn country for Yemen.
Thursday, 23 February 2012
23 February 2012, 08:31
Foreign navies and guards on boats have dented the capabilities of Somali pirates, but ending the scourge requires land-based solutions.
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
22 February 2012, 07:41
The Kenya army says Somali militants are causing the food crisis by blocking trade in southern Somalia.
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
21 February 2012, 09:45
Eritrea, often accused of supporting Islamist rebels in Somalia, criticised foreign interference in the war-torn country, ahead of an upcoming peace conference in Britain.
21 February 2012, 14:57
World powers gather in London for a conference on Somalia, overshadowed by trouble including al-Qaeda militant links, piracy and famine.
Monday, 20 February 2012
20 February 2012, 06:19
Gunmen believed to be Somali Al Shabaab insurgents killed a Kenyan policeman in the northeastern border region with war-torn Somalia.
Saturday, 18 February 2012
18 February 2012, 14:30
The Islamist al-Shabaab rebel movement has claimed responsibility for a car bomb which exploded at a major police building Mogadishu.
18 February 2012, 16:00
A Kenyan police spokesperson says an al-Qaeda-linked Somali militant group has killed at least 30 Kenyan civilians since Kenyan troops entered Somalia.
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
15 February 2012, 09:42
The announcement that al-Shabaab has joined al-Qaeda must be read as an attempt to provide a morale boost to comrades-in-arms.
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
14 February 2012, 07:55
Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali said he hoped an upcoming conference in London on the war-torn country would produce a "Marshall Plan".
14 February 2012, 10:52
Militant Somali group Shabaab have staged rallies across the country to celebrate their group's recognition as a member of the Islamist al-Qaeda network.
Monday, 13 February 2012
13 February 2012, 16:37
Somalia's government has called for the lifting of an arms embargo to help it resist an al-Qaeda-backed Islamist insurgency.
Friday, 10 February 2012
10 February 2012, 08:33
Al-Qaeda announced Somali militant group al-Shabaab was joining its ranks in an apparent bid to boost morale and sharpen a threat to Western targets.
Monday, 30 January 2012
30 January 2012, 07:34
Police have arrested an imam after they found a cache of weapons in his house, in Mombasa.
Monday, 23 January 2012
23 January 2012, 13:54
Kenya army lost two soldiers during a Sunday night raid on Al-Shabaab targets in night operation in Delbio and Hosingo.
Thursday, 19 January 2012
19 January 2012, 14:08
Al Shabaab rebels have released photos on Twitter of 2 Kenyans, kidnapped a fortnight ago during a raid at a police post in Wajir.
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
17 January 2012, 13:55
A witness says at least nine people were killed after jets bombed a militant camp in southern Somalia.
Monday, 16 January 2012
16 January 2012, 16:41
A preliminary report to the UN has cleared Eritrea of allegations that it was arming Al Shabaab militants in Somalia late last year.
Thursday, 05 January 2012
05 January 2012, 07:43
Kenyan police have obtained a warrant of arrest against a British woman they accuse of having links with terrorists in the country, particularly the notorious Al Shabaab militants.
Thursday, 22 December 2011
22 December 2011, 10:53
UN refugee chief Antonio Guterres appealed for calm at the Dadaab camp in Northern Kenya, the target of a string of blasts in recent weeks.
22 December 2011, 17:56
Police have launched an investigation for alleged Al Shabaab assassins said to be targeting a Cabinet Minister and the Deputy House Speaker for elimination.
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
21 December 2011, 11:51
Tiny state of Djibouti sends 200 troops to Somalia to support African Union force
21 December 2011, 17:44
Fighter jets pounded rebel-held southern Somalia killing at least 10 people and wounding several others, the majority reportedly civilians.
Monday, 12 December 2011
12 December 2011, 08:39
A Police officer was killed and ten military soldiers seriously wounded in two separate attacks which occurred in Mandera and Wajir towns.
12 December 2011, 13:23
Authorities launched a crackdown after an AP officer was killed and 9 soldiers wounded in twin separate attacks in Mandera and Wajir towns.
Thursday, 08 December 2011
08 December 2011, 09:12
Kenyan soldiers fighting Al-Shabaab militants have now become part of the United Nations-sponsored African Mission in Somalia(Amisom).
08 December 2011, 13:18
The WB has cut Kenya's economic growth forecast for 2011 to 4.3% from its earlier forecast of 4.8% due to volatile markets and inflation.
Tuesday, 06 December 2011
06 December 2011, 07:48
The U.N. Security Council expanded sanctions against Eritrea for continuing to provide support to Islamist militants like al-Shabaab in Somalia.
Monday, 05 December 2011
05 December 2011, 13:15
A policeman died and 3 people injured in a explosion in Dadaab refugee camp, in the latest spate of grenade attacks in Kenya.
Monday, 28 November 2011
28 November 2011, 09:21
Kenya has filed a case at the United Nations Security Council asking for investigations into Eritrea’s links with Al-Shabaab terror group.
28 November 2011, 15:23
Islamist Shabaab gunmen have stormed the offices of several international aid agencies in raids in rebel-controlled regions of Somalia.
Saturday, 26 November 2011
26 November 2011, 13:20
Kenyan police arrested five men suspected of being members of Somalia's al Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab insurgents on the island of Lamu.
Thursday, 24 November 2011
24 November 2011, 12:13
A blast struck a Kenyan military truck in Mandera, the army said, the latest in a spate of attacks on Kenyan security forces along the Somali border.
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
22 November 2011, 15:25
An unidentified fighter jet bombed a Somali rebel-controlled village, killing at least one civilian, residents and members of al-Shabaab said.
Monday, 21 November 2011
21 November 2011, 10:13
Al Shabaab militants welcomed a reported incursion by hundreds of troops from neighbouring Ethiopia as a sign that Kenya's offensive was failing.
Friday, 18 November 2011
18 November 2011, 14:40
University students are growing angry that their government can afford a military operation but not raises for university lecturers.
Thursday, 17 November 2011
17 November 2011, 13:50
Ethiopia and Kenya are expected to discuss sending troops into Somalia at an African Union Peace and Security Council meeting on Somalia.
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
16 November 2011, 07:46
A spokesperson for al-Shabaab said that Raila Odinga visited Israel to seek assistance in "destroying Muslim people and their religion."
16 November 2011, 13:04
A wave of grenade attacks killed a child and wounded nine other people in the Somali capital, as Islamists rebels warned Kenyan forces of "hellfire".
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
15 November 2011, 15:38
Kenya's hopes of creating a border buffer zone in southern Somalia called Azania was raised by its military incursion, but analysts warn of risks.
15 November 2011, 15:38
Kenya's hopes of creating a border buffer zone in southern Somalia called Azania was raised by its military incursion, but analysts warn of risks.
15 November 2011, 17:56
The Kenyan government has called on Cyprus to use its Presidency of the Council of the EU to rally support for Kenya’s efforts in Somalia.
Monday, 14 November 2011
14 November 2011, 11:46
Israel has pledged to give Kenya all the support it needs to ensure security within its borders and protect its citizens and the economy from the threats posed by criminals.
14 November 2011, 15:08
Scores of residents fled a Somali rebel stronghold close to the capital after what looks to be a night-time missile strike targeting a militant base.
Saturday, 12 November 2011
12 November 2011, 08:25
Somali forces allied to Kenya attacked an al-Shabaab base near Afmadow and said they would press towards the strategic town.
Thursday, 10 November 2011
10 November 2011, 17:45
Eritreanean envoy to Kenya, Beyene Russom said that they are not opposed to Kenya’s offensive in Somalia.
Wednesday, 09 November 2011
09 November 2011, 07:47
Suspected Somali gunmen attacked a police station and a government vehicle in northern Kenya, the latest in a series of assaults on Kenya.
Monday, 07 November 2011
07 November 2011, 11:10
Eritrea denied reports that it may be arming Al-Shabaab militia in Somalia, as a diplomatic row between the two countries intensifies.
07 November 2011, 15:52
Somali pirates are holding two Seychelles sailors aboard a fishing boast that was captured 65 miles west of Mahe last week.
Friday, 04 November 2011
04 November 2011, 07:57
Al-Shabaab militants retreat to Kismayu and are arming residents forcibly as Kenyan forces advance.
04 November 2011, 10:22
Kenya's military spokesperson is using Twitter to warn people not to help al-Qaeda-linked militants by selling them an old-world transportation tool: donkeys.
04 November 2011, 13:58
Kenya's military released a video clip showing the apparent sinking of an al-Shabaab boat in the Indian Ocean with 18 fighters on board.
Thursday, 03 November 2011
03 November 2011, 08:30
Military spokesman, Major Emmanuel Chirchir says a third shipment of arms has been delivered to the Al-Shabaab militia in Somalia.
03 November 2011, 17:07
Somali militants mounted weapons on roofs, dug trenches and armed students in the port of Kismayu against attack by Kenyan troops.
Wednesday, 02 November 2011
02 November 2011, 05:53
Kenya's military warned the residents of 10 towns in Somalia, including Mogadishu and Baidoa, that they "will be under attack continuously".
02 November 2011, 07:36
Somali pirates have hijacked a Greek chemical tanker with 22 people on board in the Gulf of Aden and are heading towards the Somali coast.
02 November 2011, 11:41
Ethiopia did it five years ago, the Americans a while back. Now Kenya has rolled tanks and troops across its arid frontier into lawless Somalia...
02 November 2011, 11:53
Eritrea’s role in arming the Al Shabaab insurgents has come into sharp focus after 2 planes landed in Baidoa with a consignment of arms.
02 November 2011, 13:10
A military spokesperson says fighter aircraft will destroy weapons Kenya says were flown into Somalia on two planes and delivered to Islamist militants.
02 November 2011, 16:20
Eritrea denied media reports that said it had delivered weapons in the past few days to Somalia's al Shabaab who are fighting Kenyan troops.
Tuesday, 01 November 2011
01 November 2011, 07:48
The Kenyan Premier League governing council is set to meet Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere to discuss security at matches.
01 November 2011, 08:29
Kenya has dismissed as "al Shabaab propaganda" reports that its warplanes hit a IDP camp in Somalia killing 5 people and wounding 45.
01 November 2011, 16:30
Kenya is to probe claims of civilian deaths in an airstrike against Somalia's Al-Shabaab, after 5 people died during the attack.
Monday, 31 October 2011
31 October 2011, 08:00
An American citizen of Somali origin was one of the two suicide bombers behind a twin attack on a pro-government military base in Mogadishu.
31 October 2011, 08:05
Kenyan Muslim leaders claim that the Kenyan Somalis and even Somali refugees are being harassed by security agents and the public.
31 October 2011, 08:51
People were killed when two Kenyan jets bombed the southern Somali town of Jilib, as the east African nation's fights to rid Somalia of Islamist al Shabaab rebels.
31 October 2011, 09:44
Rwanda and South Africa have pledged their support for Kenya’s cause in Somalia in its bid to wade off foreign attacks.
31 October 2011, 10:03
The South African couple who are held hostage by Somali pirates have for the first time been able to both call home since their capture a year ago.
31 October 2011, 12:23
An airstrike in Somalia leaves 5 people dead and 45 wounded, in an IDP camp according to aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF).
31 October 2011, 15:08
Kenya and Somalia now want leaders of the rag tag Al Shabaab militia to be prosecuted at the International Criminal Court.
31 October 2011, 15:08
Kenya and Somalia now want leaders of the rag tag Al Shabaab militia to be prosecuted at the International Criminal Court.
Friday, 28 October 2011
28 October 2011, 08:20
Somalia's al-Shabaab rebels on called on its operatives in Kenya to launch reprisal attacks against Nairobi for its military assault in the war-torn south.
28 October 2011, 09:08
Kenya tourism has not been affected by the recent kidnappings orchestrated by al-Shabaab nor their threats of reprisals.
28 October 2011, 10:58
the United States is playing a growing role in Africa's military battles, using special forces advisers, drones and tens of millions of dollars.
28 October 2011, 11:37
Omar Muchiri and Stephen Macharia, were charged with being members of Somalia’s Al Shabaab militia, but they however denied the charges.
28 October 2011, 15:40
Elgiva Bwire Oliach, was handed a life sentence after pleading guilty for carrying out a grenade attack and belonging to Al-Shabaab militia.