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September 11, 2017

5 killed in attacks blamed on Somali Islamic extremists

Islamic extremist fighters killed four Somali government soldiers and briefly took a town near the border with Kenya Monday, ...

September 08, 2017

US says drone strike in Somalia kills 1 al-Shabab extremist

The U.S. military says it has killed an al-Shabab extremist with a drone strike in Somalia. A brief statement from the U.S.

September 06, 2017

US says drone strike kills 3 al-Shabab extremists in Somalia

A U.S. military drone strike has killed three members of the al-Shabab extremist group in Somalia, the U.S. Africa Command ...

September 06, 2017

4 beheaded in Kenya in suspected al-Shabab attack: Police

At least four people have been beheaded by suspected al-Shabab extremists based in neighboring Somalia, a Kenyan police ...

September 03, 2017

Suspected militants kill 2 police in attack on Kenyan church

Kenya's police say two officers were killed when gunmen attacked them at a church they were guarding by Kenya's Indian Ocean ...

August 26, 2017

Somalia's army chief: Raid killed civilians, not extremists

Somalia's army chief says civilians, not extremists, were killed in a military operation Friday that both the United States ...

August 25, 2017

10 civilians, including kids, dead in US-backed Somalia raid

Ten civilians, including three children, were killed in a raid by foreign and Somali forces on a farm in southern Somalia, ...

August 25, 2017

The Latest: Somalia notes 'civilian casualties' in raid

The Latest on a deadly military raid in Somalia (all times local): 10:05 p.m. Somalia's information ministry is now noting ...

August 13, 2017

Renegade al-Shabab leader defects to Somalia government

A renegade leader of Somalia's Islamic extremist insurgents, al-Shabab, has surrendered to the government. Mukhtar Robow was ...

August 10, 2017

The Latest: Attackers gunned down at Kenya polling center

The Latest on Kenya's elections (all times local): 1:05 a.m. Journalists say several attackers with machetes have been shot ...

August 09, 2017

The Latest: Kenya president leads with 2/3 of votes counted

The Latest on Kenya's elections (all times local): 2:50 a.m. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta led challenger Raila Odinga by ...

August 07, 2017

The Latest: Surge of shopping in capital before elections

The Latest on Kenya's elections to be held on Tuesday. (All times local): 10:25 p.m. Many residents in Nairobi engaged in ...

August 05, 2017

The Latest: Al-Shabab makes video of Kenya soldier's death

The Latest on Kenya's presidential election (all times local): ___ 9:45 p.m. The al-Shabab extremist group has released a ...

August 04, 2017

At least 2 killed in car bomb blast in Somalia's capital

At least two people were killed in an apparent car bomb blast on a major street in Somalia's capital Friday evening, police ...

August 04, 2017

US confirms airstrike killed al-Shabab commander in Somalia

The U.S. military on Friday confirmed it killed a high-level commander of the al-Shabab extremist group with an airstrike in ...

August 03, 2017

Somalia extremists kill Kenyan police officer in attack

Somalia's Islamic extremist rebels killed a Kenyan policeman Thursday when they attacked a police station in northern Mandera ...

July 31, 2017

Al-Shabab commander thought killed in Somalia airstrike

The U.S. military said Monday it carried out a drone strike in Somalia that killed a member of the al-Shabab extremist group, ...

July 30, 2017

Al-Shabab attack on African Union convoy kills 8 in Somalia

Fighters with the al-Shabab extremist group ambushed an African Union convoy in southern Somalia and killed at least eight ...

July 30, 2017

Kenya: Intruder killed at VP's home after 18-hour siege

A lone intruder who managed to enter the home of Kenya's deputy president was killed more than 18 hours after he wounded a ...