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

Despite Somalia severing ties, Kenya says it won’t expel Somalis

By VOA,

In the wake of Somalia's announcement this week that it is severing diplomatic ties with Kenya, the government says it will not expel Somali diplomats...

bihi , somalia

KDF boss General Mwathethe commissions six MD 530F helicopters

By Kimeli Arap Kemei,

Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces (CDF) General Samson Mwathethe presided over the commissioning of six MD 530F helicopters on Thursday at the Joint H...

KDF

Police launch manhunt for mastermind in Garissa GSU attack

By Duncan Mutwiri,

Police have launched a manhunt for an Al- Shabaab militant suspected to have been involved in the attack that led to the death of 10 General Service U...

Abdullahi Banati , Al Shabaab , GSU , suspects

President Kenyatta mourns 11 GSU officers killed in IED attack

By Ian Omondi,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has mourned 11 General Service Unit (GSU) officers killed when a vehicle they were travelling in ran over an Improvised Explo...

Garissa County , GSU officers , Improvised Explosive Device , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Somalia maritime row talks with Kenya have failed, Farmajo tells UN Assembly

By Citizen Reporter,

Somali President Mohamed Farmajo on Thursday announced that the maritime row talks with Kenya have failed. Speaking during his address at the UN As...

Farmajo , maritime border

MPs want Kenya to use military force in border row with Somalia

By Edwin Obuya,

The Kenyan government could deploy the military to the contested Kenya-Somalia maritime border if a motion tabled in the National Assembly on Wednesda...

Aden Duale , John Mbadi , KDF , Kenya maritime border , Kenya-Somalia border

New twist as 20 move to court over Kenya-Somalia border clash

By Sophie Njagi,

20 petitioners have moved to court seeking to stop Kenya from taking part in the maritime delimitation case filed at the International Court of Justic...

ICJ , Kenya-Somalia border

Kenya-Somalia rift widens over new Wajir security checks

By Citizen Reporter,

The Somalia Government has raised concern over the reintroduction of additional security checks on its citizens in Wajir. A letter from the country...

Cuban doctors , Kenya-Somalia

Gov’t intensifies security countrywide during Ramadhan

By Wambui Kihara,

The National Police Service on Wednesday announced that security will remain beefed up across the country and along the border during the month of Ram...

Al Shabaab , charles owino , Ramadhan

Police searching for armed terror suspects

By Hassan Mugambi,

Security agencies are hunting down three Al-Shabaab operatives from Mombasa and Kwale Counties. Police say that the three; Abdalla Omar Masudi, All...

Al Shabaab

Six GSU officers killed in Liboi

By Amos Sambu,

Six officers from the General Service Unit (GSU) were killed in Liboi after the vehicle they were in tripped a landmine. One other officer was crit...

Liboi

7 KDF soldiers killed in Dhobley near Kenya-Somalia border

By Hassan Mugambi,

At least seven Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers were killed on Sunday evening after a vehicle they were travelling in ran over an Improvised Explos...

Al Shabaab , Kenya Defence Forces , Kenya-Somalia border , Nairobi , somalia

3 miners killed in suspected Al Shabaab attack

By Citizen Reporter,

Three miners have been killed by suspected Al Shabaab militants at a quarry in Mandera South. According to residents who spoke to Citizen Digital, ...

Al Shabaab militias in Mandera town. , Kenya-Somalia border , Mandera miners killed

How police foiled terror attack in Nairobi last week

By Sally Boyani,

A suspected Al Shabaab militant, who was shot dead by police in Isiolo on February 15, 2018, was planning to lead a terror cell in staging an attack i...

Al Shaabab militant , Al Shabaab , isiolo , Mbarak Abdi Huka , terrorism

Construction of 400KM Kenya-Somalia border wall still on

By Amos Sambu,

The construction of the controversial security wall along the Kenya-Somalia border is on course according to North Eastern regional commissioner Moham...

Al Shabaab , border wall , KDF , Kenya-Somalia , Mandera , Mohamud Saleh , north eastern

Al Shabaab strikes Lamu again beheading villagers

By Dadu Ngumbao,

At least nine people have been killed by suspected Al Shabaab militants in Pandanguo area of Lamu County following an early morning raid. Reports from...

9 KILLED IN LAMU , al shaabab , Al-Shaabab in Kenya , CS Joseph Nkaissery , insecurity

Explosion kills passengers, injures a dozen others in Mandera

By Hassan Mugambi,

At least four people have been killed and a dozen others injured after a public service vehicle they were travelling in was struck by an Improvised Ex...

11 INJURED , 4 Dead , Al Shabaab , attack , El Wak - Lafey road , IED , North eastern Regional Co-ordinator Ambassador Mahmoud Saleh

FOILED! Six suspects nabbed with EXPLOSIVES at Kenya-Somalia border

By Hassan Mugambi,

Six terrorists who had plans to carry out attacks in Kenya were nabbed near the Kenya-Somalia border Friday, Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Boinnet...

Muslims assured of security during Ramadhan

By Citizen Reporter,

Coast Regional Coordinator, Nelson Marwa, has assured Muslims of security during the Ramadan period. Marwa says stringent measures have been put in...