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 were quoted on ...

Nairobi, Kenya — In an ambush assault on Kenyan ... which was navigating through territory known for Al-Shabaab activity. The Somalia-based militant group Al-Shabaab swiftly claimed ...

Shabaab, al Qaeda’s official branch in East Africa ... In September 2012, the group also sent three suicide bombers to attack Somalia’s new president and Kenya’s foreign minister as they were speaking ...

A U.S. service member and two Defense Department contractors were killed during an attack on a Kenyan military base on Sunday, U.S. Africa Command announced in a statement By Jared Keller Posted ...