Garissa residents call for Mohamud Saleh’s return following Al Shabaab attacks

By Citizen Reporter,

The Clergy and Garissa County locals are calling for the former North Eastern Provincial Commissioner Mohamud Saleh to be included in security matters...

A country in freefall, with half its population at risk of famine. All because of an avoidable war

By CNN,

Hunger became starvation and is about to lurch into famine. A failing state failed and an economic crisis became a catastrophe. An insurgency became a...

Saudi Arabia , united arab emirates , Yemen

A country in freefall, with half its population at risk of famine. All because of an avoidable war

By CNN,

Hunger became starvation and is about to lurch into famine. A failing state failed and an economic crisis became a catastrophe. An insurgency became a...

CNN , UK , US , Yemen

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

Government lists 35 individuals aiding Al-Shabaab

By Amos Sambu,

The government has a list of 35 individuals from Mandera recruited by Al-Shabaab to aid the Somali-based terror group in carrying out attacks in Ken...

Al Shabaab , Mandera , Mohamud Saleh , North Eastern Regional Commissioner

Al Shabaab militants raid Mandera camp, steal BVR kits

By Wangui Ngechu,

Al Shabaab is reported to have attacked Arabia AP Camp in Mandera County at dawn, Thursday, making away with four IEBC BVR kits, one Police Land cruis...

1 Police Land cruiser , 3 guns. , 4 IEBC BVR kits , Al Shabaab , Arabia AP Camp , Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaiserry. , Mandera County. , North Eastern Regional Coordinator Mohamud Saleh

Gov’t to crackdown on ‘illegal’ Imams

By Amos Sambu,

The government now says it will crackdown on non-Kenyan teachers in Islamic schools, popularly known as Madrasas and Duksis in the North Eastern regio...

Locals may have perpetrated Mandera attack – Gethenji

By Lilian Wanjiku,

Defense and Foreign Relations Committee Chair Ndung'u Gethenji now says locals may be responsible for the spate of terror attacks Mandera County. A...

Al Shabaab , Mandera , mandera attack , Ndung'u Gethenji

Gov’t imposes dusk to dawn curfew in Mandera

By Wangui Ngechu,

Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery has declared a dusk to dawn curfew in Mandera County. Nkaissery imposed the 2-month curfew beginning Th...

Al Shabaab , attack , Bishaaro Lodge , dusk to dawn curfew , explosives , gunmen , Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery

12 dead in deadly Mandera attack

By Wangui Ngechu,

At least 12 people have been confirmed dead and ten others injured after suspected Al-Shabaab gunmen attacked a lodging in Mandera Town on Monday nig...

12 feared dead , Al Shabaab , attack , explosives , locals , Lodge , Mandera , Mandera Governor Ali Roba , non locals , North Eastern Regional Coordinator Amb Mohamud Saleh

Garissa residents warned against hosting somali refugees

By Treeza Awuor,

North Eastern Regional Coordinator Mohamud Saleh has warned Garissa residents against harboring refugees, who have moved out of camps, to avoid the on...

AlShabab , Attacks , Daadab refugee camp , Garissa County , hosting , Landlords , nes , refugees , Residents , somalia

North Eastern boss rules out Shabaab in Mandera bus attack

By Amos Sambu,

North Eastern Regional Coordinator Mohamud Saleh has ruled out the involvement of Al Shabaab fighters in the Mandera bus attack that took place Friday...

kenya , Mandera , Mandera bus attack , Mandera County. , Northeastern Regional Coordinator Mohamud Saleh

One dead, three injured in suspected Al Shabaab ambush

By Maureen Murimi,

One person died while three others suffered injuries after a Ministry of Health vehicle stumbled on an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted along...

garissa , Mandera , Wajir

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta calls for better health systems

By PSCU,

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has urged county governments to strengthen their health systems to meet the ever-changing needs of mothers, newborns and ...

First Lady , First Lady calls for strengthening of county health systems , First Lady Margaret Kenyatta , Garissa Governor Nathif Adan

Kenya holds trucks carrying food aid into Somalia on militant fears

By Benjamin Wafula,

The Kenyan authorities are holding three trucks carrying food aid on behalf of World Food Programme (WFP) at the border with Somalia because of suspic...

kenya

Kenya holds trucks carrying food aid into Somalia on militant fears

By Agencies,

The Kenyan authorities are holding three trucks carrying food aid on behalf of World Food Programme (WFP) at the border with Somalia because of suspic...

Al Shabaab , kenya , somalia

Huge cache of weapons seized in Wajir

By Angela Wahu,

Security personnel on Tuesday siezed a cache of weapons at a commercial house in Wajir Town that is suspected to have been hidden to be used in a terr...

Huge cache of weapons seized in Wajir , The weapons that included two AK-47 rifles , two American Colt pistols

How Kenya tackled the insecurity challenge in 2015

By Maureen Murimi,

2015 is the year Kenya suffered one of the worst terror attacks in recent times. The April 2nd 2015 raid on the Garissa University College alone cl...

garissa , Mandera , Nairobi , security , terror , terror attacks , terrorists , Wajir , westgate

Garissa University to re-open soon – DP Ruto

By Citizen,

Deputy President William Ruto has announced that the government will soon re-open Garissa University following its closure in April this year after a ...

Garissa University , terrorism

Al Shabaab militia take hostage Kenyan town, lecture residents

By Reuben Wanyama,

12 suspected Al Shabaab militia on Friday are said to have taken hostage the Kenyan border village of Konton, Wajir East. The militia are said to ...

al shaabab , North Eastern Regional Coordinator Mohamud Saleh , somalia