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January 18, 2020

At least 2 killed, 20 wounded in bombing near Somali capital

At least two people were killed and more than 20 others wounded when a suicide car bomber targeted a construction site along ...

January 13, 2020

Al-Shabab extremists kill 3 teachers in Kenya, abduct 1

Al-Shabab extremists killed three people in an assault early Monday in eastern Kenya, its fifth attack in thirteen days, ...

January 08, 2020

Car bomb kills 3, wounds 6 at checkpoint in Somali capital

A car bomb exploded at a checkpoint in Somalia's capital Wednesday morning, killing three people and wounding six others, a ...

January 07, 2020

4 children shot dead in latest al-Shabab attack in Kenya

Four small children were shot dead while trying to take refuge from the latest al-Shabab extremist attack in Kenya early ...

January 06, 2020

Kenya police: 3 arrested trying to enter British Army camp

Kenyan police say they arrested three “terrorist suspects" who tried to force their way into a British Army training camp on ...

January 05, 2020

Extremists attack Kenya military base, 3 Americans killed

Al-Shabab extremists overran a key military base used by U.S. counterterror forces in Kenya before dawn Sunday, killing three ...

January 02, 2020

Kenyan officials say extremist attack on bus convoy kills 4

Kenyan officials say four people were killed on Thursday when a convoy of passenger buses was fired on by Islamic extremists ...

January 02, 2020

Somali mourners march against extremist blast that killed 79

Hundreds of mourners and government officials in Mogadishu gathered at the capital's Police School on Thursday to mourn the ...

December 30, 2019

Somalia bombing kills dozens; airstrikes target militants

A truck bomb exploded at a busy security checkpoint in Somalia's capital Saturday morning, killing at least 78 people ...

December 29, 2019

Somalia blast kills one sister, badly injures the other

The two Somali sisters were studying to be doctors. They were in a minibus on their way to university on Saturday morning ...

December 24, 2019

Al-Shabab extremist attack on Somali base kills 3 soldiers

Officials in Somalia say al-Shabab extremists killed three soldiers during an attack on a military base in the southwest on ...

December 09, 2019

US airstrike kills extremist rebel in Somalia, say officials

Intelligence officials in Somalia say an airstrike conducted by the U.S. military in the country's south killed a senior ...

December 06, 2019

Police: Al-Shabab extremists kill 8 on bus in northern Kenya

Police in Kenya say suspected al-Shabab extremists have stopped a bus in the north near Somalia and killed eight passengers, ...

December 03, 2019

US citizen raised in San Diego faces new terrorism charges

A U.S. citizen on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist List has been charged with additional crimes involving ties to Somalia’s ...

November 22, 2019

Somali Canadian peace activist was killed by stray bullet

Preliminary investigations show that a young Somali Canadian peace activist was killed by a stray bullet this week in ...

November 20, 2019

US military drone strike kills senior al-Shabab official

A Somali intelligence official says a U.S. drone strike has killed a senior officer with the al-Shabab extremist group.

October 12, 2019

Kenya: Police chief says roadside bomb kills 11 officers

Kenya's police chief says a roadside bomb has killed 11 officers on the country's southern border with Somalia.

August 14, 2019

Extremists attack army base in southern Mogadishu; 5 killed

Somali military officers say at least four soldiers and a photographer embedded with the army were killed in an attack by ...

July 31, 2019

Kenya reopens hotel complex that al-Shabab stormed this year

Kenya on Wednesday was reopening the luxury hotel complex that al-Shabab attacked in January in the deadliest extremist ...