Last Updated: Sunday, November 10, 2013, 09:47
A government official says that about 20 armed Islamic extremists attacked a prison in northern Somalia in an attempt to free prisoners.
Last Updated: Sunday, November 3, 2013, 00:40
At least 30 Al Shabaab militants were killed by joint Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and Somalia National Army (SNA) near the Kenyan border Saturday, Kenya`s military officials said.
Last Updated: Saturday, November 2, 2013, 09:32
Horn of Africa pirates have raked in up to USD 413 million in ransom since 2005, with most of it used to finance "global scale" criminal operations, a new study said.
Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 15:26
Kenyan warplanes have destroyed an al-Shabaab rebel camp in southern Somalia used to train gunmen who attacked Nairobi`s Westgate shopping mall in September, Kenya`s Defence Ministry said.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 19:37
While admitting that some of the Kenyan soldiers looted the Westgate shopping centre while rescue operations were on during the Islamist terror attack inside the mall, for the first time Kenya’s Army has admitted that its troops looted the mall.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 18:28
Kenyan police are holding five people over last month`s attack on Nairobi`s Westgate mall, a top officer said on Tuesday, adding they hoped to charge them soon.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 09:14
Two al Shabaab militants, including a senior commander, were killed when their vehicle was hit by a drone strike in a Somalian town, witnesses said Monday.
Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 23:45
Security forces shut down one of Somalia`s most respected independent radio stations on Saturday in Mogadishu, accusing it of illegally occupying a government building, witnesses and police said.
Last Updated: Saturday, October 19, 2013, 18:29
At least 15 people died on Saturday in a suicide attack in a restaurant in the central Somali town of Beledweyne claimed by the Shebab, a local police chief said.
Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2013, 08:44
One of the men suspected of carrying out an attack on a shopping centre in Kenya last month has been identified as a 23-year-old Norwegian citizen.
Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 21:56
After the US warned Uganda of a terror attack similar to Kenya’s Westgate mall’s, the Ugandan security forces were put on alert.
Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2013, 09:39
The Somalian government said it will cooperate with the international community in its fight against terrorism in the Horn of Africa.
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