Tag Archives: Kenya





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Kenyan troops from the AMISOM force killed five Shabaab fighters and wounded several more during an ambush by the terrorist group in Lamu; one soldier was killed and three others were wounded. A prominent Kenyan newspaper apologized for publishing the cover of the magazine attacked by terrorists in Paris last week.


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Two suspected Shabaab gunmen opened fire at a church in Mombasa, killing the pastor. The attackers escaped.




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Kenya bus attack: Military ‘kills 100 Shabab militants’


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Shabaab gunmen killed 28 non-Muslims, including nine women, after ambushing a bus in Mandera near the border with Somalia. Shabaab claimed the attack, saying it was retaliation for government raids in Mombasa earlier this week. The Australian Navy intercepted a shipment of $155 million-worth of heroin off the East African coast on Nov. 17; Australian […]


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Kenyan police announced the arrest of 10 suspected Shabaab operatives at the Somali border on Nov. 12. Two of the suspects are women who authorities claim intended to conduct suicide attacks.


Zawahiri’s man in Shabaab’s ‘secret service’

In a July report warning of “new and more complex operations in Kenya,” the UN also identified an al Qaeda operative who has been entrusted by Ayman al Zawahiri to train Somalis and other African recruits. The operative, known as “Hassan,” has also reportedly trained Boko Haram fighters.