Gunfire erupts in Mogadishu as Somali government forces seal off streets

By Reuters,

A gunbattle erupted on Friday in central Mogadishu as Somali government forces sealed off streets to prevent a protest over delayed elections, hours a...

OMAR: Kenya key to Somaliland growth and push for international recognition

By Guest Writer,

Bashe Omar Awil Last December, Somaliland President Muse Bihi visited Kenya on invitation from President Uhuru Kenyatta eliciting varied reaction fro...

Diplomatic ties , kenya , President Muse Bihi , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Somaliland

OPINION: U.K. can do more to strengthen security relations with Kenya

By Guest Writer,

Kenya and the United Kingdom continue to partner in key security cooperation programs exhibiting the two countries’ commitment in strengthening long...

Al Shabaab , BATUK , security , Theresa May

Mandera Governor Ali Roba clashes with security officials over Al Shabaab presence

By Raquel Muigai,

Mandera Governor Ali Roba has accused the security forces in the county of laxity, leading to increasingly high levels of insecurity in the region. ...

Al Shabaab , Governor Ali Roba , insecurity , Mandera

Kenya Special Forces kill three Al-Shabaab militants in raid at Boni Forest

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya Defence Special Forces soldiers early Sunday raided and destroyed an Al-Shabaab terrorist group camp in the vast Boni Forest, Lamu County. Th...

Al Shabaab , Boni Forest , Kenya Defence Special Forces , Lamu County

Wajir assistant chief killed by suspected Al Shabaab militants, head dumped on the road

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Police have recovered part of the body of an Assistant Chief who was abducted by suspected Al Shabaab militants on Friday last week. The head of Mr...

Wajir County

U.S. charges Kenyan man with researching 9/11-style airplane hijacking

By Reuters,

U.S. prosecutors said on Wednesday they had charged a Kenyan man with terrorism-related offences including conspiring for a 9/11-style airplane hijack...

9/11 attacks , Cholo Abdi Abdullah , Dusit

Kenya to open consulate in Hargeisa next year, Uhuru and Somaliland President Muse Bihi agree

By Ian Omondi,

Kenya is set to open a Consulate in Hargeisa by the end of March 2021, President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Somaliland counterpart Muse Bihi Abdi have agr...

Hargeisa , President Muse Bihi Abdi , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Somaliland

Uhuru holds talks with United States Africa Command head Gen. Stephen Townsend

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday held talks with the Commander of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) Gen. Stephen Townsend at State House, ...

Africom , Gen. Stephen Townsend , President Uhuru Kenyatta , somalia

U.S. decision to withdraw troops dismays some Somalis

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump’s decision to pull U.S. troops out of Somalia in the waning days of his presidency triggered dismay on Saturday from some Som...

President Donald Trump , President-elect Joe Biden , somalia , U.S. troops

US President Donald Trump orders all 700 American troops out of Somalia

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump has ordered nearly all American troops to withdraw from Somalia, U.S. officials said on Friday, part of a global pullback by th...

AL QAEDA , American troops , Joe Biden , President Donald Trump , President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed

Man convicted of Garissa University attack found dead in his cell

By Agnes Oloo,

One of the three people who were convicted of planning the Garissa University attack five years ago has been found dead. Rashid Charles Mberesero w...

Garissa University , Mberesero

Westgate mall attack: Two men jailed for 18 and 33years

By Reuters,

Two men were on Friday sentenced to 18 years in prison for helping al Shabaab gunmen in a 2013 attack on the Westgate mall that killed 67 people. M...

Westgate Mall

How gunmen abducted man acquitted in Westgate Mall attack trial

By Reuters,

Gunmen abducted a man moments after he was released from State custody a day after he was acquitted of charges of helping al Shabaab militants storm t...

westgate

Al Shabaab frees two Cuban doctors who were kidnapped in Kenya

By Citizen Reporter,

Two Cuban doctors who were kidnapped in Kenya and held for over a year in Somalia have been released after months of negotiations. According to the...

Al Shabaab , Cuban doctors

Six passengers injured as suspected militants attack bus in Mandera

By Citizen Reporter,

Six passengers were injured on Tuesday morning after suspected Al Shabaab militants sprayed a bus they were traveling in with bullets between Elwak an...

Al Shabaab , Mandera

3 al-Shabaab millitants killed,4 injured while assembling IED in Garissa

By Tonny Ndungu,

Three al-Shabaab millitant have been killed while tinkering with an improvised explosive device (IED) in Garissa, police reports say. The incident ...

Suspected Al-Shabaab militants

Retired teachers to be recalled as TSC announces 11,000 hirings

By Makori Ongechi,

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) on Wednesday announced new guidelines for recruiting teachers in the country. This year’s recruitment will ...

north eastern , teachers , tsc

CS Matiang’i freezes assets of 9 individuals accused of financing Al Shabaab

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang'i has ordered the freezing of funds and property belonging to nine individuals believed to have been suppo...

Garissa: Police officer killed, 3 injured in suspected al-Shabaab attack

By Tonny Ndungu,

A police officer was on Friday morning killed and three others injured after suspected al-shabaab gunmen attacked a police station in Garissa. The ...

garissa