Tag: al Shabaab
President Ruto talks tough on Al Shabaab at Mogadishu summit
TV47
President William Ruto has said the war against terrorism in the Horn of Africa calls for a collective effort.Speaking in Mogadishu, Somalia, during the Somalia Frontline States Summit, the Head of State noted that the region must ado
Somalia: 30 Al Shabaab fighters killed in U.S airstrike
Reuters
A U.S. military strike has killed approximately 30 Islamist al Shabaab militants near the central Somali town of Galcad, where Somalia's military was engaged in heavy fighting, U.S. Africa Command
Security forces kill 10 suspected al Shabaab fighters in Garissa
Reuters
Kenyan security forces have killed 10 fighters from Somalia's al Shabaab Islamist group in eastern Kenya, a government official said on Thursday.
Somalia says it has taken control of key port from al Shabaab
Reuters
Somalia's government-led forces have captured an al Shabaab stronghold on the Indian Ocean coast, the defence minister said on Monday, in one of their most significant victories since launching an offensive against the Islamist group last year.
Car bombs kill at least 10, level houses in central Somalia
Reuters
Two car bombs detonated by al Shabaab militants killed at least 10 people and flattened several houses in central Somalia's Hiraan region on Wednesday, a government-allied militia and a local elder said.Al Qaeda affiliate al Shabaab has bee
Two killed by Al-Shabaab militants in Lamu
Alex Waithaka
Two people have been shot dead by suspected Al-Shabaab militants in Lamu County. Reports indicated that the militants, numbering about 10 and donning military fatigue, erected a road block along the Lamu-Garsen Road at dawn Thursday.
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U.S gov't offers KSh1.2B reward if you help arrest three Al-Shabaab leaders
Albanus Kiswili
The US government has offered $10 million (KSh1.2 billion) on any information leading to the arrest of three of Al-Shabaab leaders.The three; Mahad Karate, Jehad Mostafa and Ahmed Diriye are said to be the ring leaders behind numerous Al-Sh
Somalia president: at least 100 people killed in car bombs
Reuters
At least 100 people were killed and 300 injured in two car bombs that exploded outside the education ministry in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Saturday, the country's president said in a statement early on Sunday."Our people who were massa
Nine dead as car bomb, shootings rock Kismayu hotel in Somalia
Reuters
A car bomb and shooting attack on a hotel in the Somali city of Kismayu killed nine people on Sunday before security forces ended the siege at the hotel and killed the attackers, a regional official said.Gunfire erupted after an explosives-
Somalia: Al-Shabaab leader killed in U.S airstrike
Reuters
The U.S. military said it killed a leader of the Islamist militant al-Shabaab group with an air strike in Somalia ov
Somalia: 27 Al Shabaab militants killed in U.S air strike
Reuters
The U.S. military said on Wednesday it had killed 27 fighters from the Al Shabaab militant group in an air strike in Somalia's central Hiran region, where the army and allied forces have launched an offensive against the insurgents in the last mon
At least 18 killed in Al Shabaab attack in Somalia
Reuters
Al Shabaab militants killed at least 18 civilians and destroyed trucks laden with relief food in an overnight attack in Somalia's central region, residents and a state news agency said on Saturday.The Islamist group launched the attack in t
Somali forces end siege at Mogadishu hotel, 12 killed
Reuters
Somali forces have ended the siege at a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, the AFP news agency said
Al Shabaab militants seize control of Mogadishu hotel, say they will "shoot everyone"
Alex Waithaka
Al Shabaab militants have taken control of a hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, following two car bomb blasts and gunfire, police and intelligence officers said on Friday.
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Somalia appoints al Shabaab co-founder as religion minister
Reuters
New President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, elected by lawmakers in May, has promised to take the fight to al Shabaab after three years in which his predecessor, consumed by political infighting, took little action against the insurgents.
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Most wanted Al-Shabaab commander with KSh594 million bounty on his head shot dead
Albanus Kiswili
Police in Ethiopia have shot dead Al-Shabaab's most wanted senior commander Fuad Mohamed Khalaf.Khalaf was killed alongsid
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KDF donates foodstuff, medical supplies to locals affected by famine in Somalia
Michael Majanga
KDF troops operating in Somalia under the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia on Thursday, July 7 donated foodstuff to residents of Dhobley town, Somalia.
What's the fate of Cuban doctors kidnapped by Al Shabaab in 2019? - Uhuru in talks with Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister
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President Uhuru Kenyatta today held talks with Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla who paid him a courtesy call at State House, Nairobi. During the meeting, President Kenyatta and Mr. Parrilla discussed a wide range o
Court acquits Marsabit Sheikh of terrorism charges, but he refuses to leave Kamiti Prison
Pinnah Mokeira
Guyo Gorsa Buru, Marsabit-based Sheikh who was charged with being a member of Al-Shabaab and other terrorism-related charges in 2018 has been acquitted.