Cairo’s Tahrir Square, Egypt The pro-democracy demonstrations that finally forced Hosni Mubarak to stand down as president on 20 February began at the end of January in Tahrir Square, now the emblem ...

NAIROBI, Kenya - At least five National Government Administration Officers (NGAO) from Mandara County have been allegedly abducted by suspected Al-Shabaab militants, officials said, just days before ...

NAIROBI - Gunmen suspected of belonging to the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group abducted five government officials in northeast Kenya on Monday as they were on their way to work, local leaders ...

Both blamed al Shabaab. Police spokesperson Michael Nyaga confirmed the incident and said the suspects were being pursued, but not specify who authorities believed were responsible. Somali ...

NAIROBI - Gunmen suspected of belonging to the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group abducted five government officials in northeast Kenya on Monday as they were on their way to work, media reported.

Five government officials were kidnapped by gunmen from the Al-Shabaab terror group on Monday morning in Kenya's Mandera County, near the porous border with Somalia ...

The officials were kidnapped just a day before President William Ruto’s scheduled visit to the area for a development tour, raising alarms about the ongoing security challenges in the region ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. al-shabaab-somalia Five chiefs were kidnapped yesterday morning by armed men believed to ...

A senior commander of the Islamic State's Somalia wing was captured on Monday, according to police and state media. The arrest comes just two days after U.S. airstrikes targeted the leadership of ISIS ...

President William Ruto on Tuesday directed the National Police Service (NPS) to take immediate action to secure the North Eastern region following the recent abduction of the five chiefs by suspected ...

Speaking to the Nation by phone, Mr Gitau said there was no shared security intelligence over a planned incident by the Al-Shabaab targeting the chiefs. Read: From al-Shabaab killing fields to peace ...

Suspected members of the outlawed al Shabaab terror group reportedly abducted five chiefs in Mandera County on Monday. According to Mandera South Police Commander ...