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 ...

In Kenya, 17 individuals were arrested ... and an anti-tank device left behind by suspected terrorists. Somalia saw the arrest of three suspects, including a bomb maker from Al Shabaab's Amniyaat unit ...

NAIROBI, Kenya - The Al-Shabaab group in Somalia released a video of a purported Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) serviceman, who was allegedly captured during the El-Adde raid which left dozens of soldiers ...

The U.S. conducted an airstrike against Islamic State militants in Somalia, the first such military operation since President ...

If the adherence to the principles of ... the Al Shabaab resurgence, the standoffs in Puntland and Jubaland regional states, and the imagined and actual places of regional actors like Kenya ...

The Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) has addressed reports regarding the captivity of some of its soldiers by Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia. This follows a plea from the family of a KDF soldier ...

Karrem Nasr, a New Jersey native who traveled to Kenya to join al Shabaab pleaded guilty on Monday and faces ... His final act was to join the Somalia-based terrorist group to receive the military ...

Al-Shabaab controls vast swaths of territory throughout rural parts of southern and central Somalia, and launches attacks against the capital of Mogadishu. Militants have demonstrated a proven ability ...

An Eldoret family now believes a new video by terrorist group Al-Shabaab shows their kin, a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldier who served in Somalia under the Operation Linda Nchi (Protect the Country ...

While some experts see historical and geopolitical reasons for countries such as Ethiopia and Kenya to take ... be complicated by Somalia’s ongoing battle against the al-Shabaab Islamist ...

In December 2023, he flew from Egypt to Kenya, intending to proceed to Somalia to join and train with al-Shabaab. Kenyan authorities arrested him upon arrival, and he was then extradited to the ...