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Shabaab suicide bombers to launch series of attacks in time with David Cameron conference




Somalia leaders reach agreement on re-shaping politics




Fears of terror strike in heart of Somali capital after car bomb explodes




Shabaab celebrates merger with al Qaeda




Somalia wants arms embargo lifted to fend off al Qaeda




African Union Appeal for Mobilization to Defeat Al Qaeda in Somalia




Somalia's al-Shabab join al-Qaeda




'We in MYC are now part of al Qaeda East Africa'

The Muslim Youth Center, Shabaab's affiliate in Kenya, said that the groups would fight "under the banner of AQEA (al Qaeda East Africa)." AQEA has long reported to al Qaeda's most senior leadership.


Shabaab formally joins al Qaeda

The announcement formalizes the longstanding close working relationship between the two terror groups.


Shabaab and al Qaeda formally said the two groups have merged. Ayman al Zawahiri announced "the joining of the Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement in Somalia to Qaedat al-Jihad, to support the jihadi unity against the Zio-Crusader campaign and their assistants amongst the treacherous agent rulers."




Suicide bomber kills 9 in Mogadishu




More Minneapolis ties to Shabaab




UN Says Famine in Somalia Is Over, but Risks Remain




Red Cross banned from areas of Somalia under al-Shabaab control




Fear in Somali journalist community after killing




Navy wants commando 'mothership' in Middle East




Navy SEALs free 2 Western hostages in Somalia




Shabaab suicide bomber targets Ethiopian troops

Shabaab claimed a member of its "Martyrdom Brigades" killed 33 Ethiopian soldiers and officers in an attack in western Somalia.


British al Qaeda/Shaabab leader may have been killed after calling home




Threat Level Rising: How African Terrorist Groups Inspired by al-Qaeda Are Gaining Strength