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Shabaab
Bomb explodes near Turkish delegation in Somalia day before president’s visit
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US military confirms Shabaab’s intel chief killed in airstrike
The US military described Tahlil Abdishakur as the “chief of al-Shabaab’s intelligence and security wing” and the head of the group’s “external operations.”
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Somali government reports Shabaab’s intel chief killed in US airstrike
Somalia’s National Security Agency said that the US killed the leader of the Amniyat. The US military later confirmed the report.
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US targets ‘senior leader’ for Shabaab in southern Somalia
The US has launched multiple airstrikes and raids against Shabaab’s leadership cadre over the past decade.
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Captured Shabaab official previously identified as group’s ‘chief of intelligence’
Somali officials have reportedly captured Zakariya Ismail Ahmed Hersi, who has been identified by the State Department as Shabaab’s “chief of intelligence.” The UN has said that another Shabaab official held that role.
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Al Qaeda
UN removes former Somali warlord from sanctions list
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Al Nusrah Front
Finances of jihad: How extremist groups raise money
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Kenya
Shabaab in Kenya’s slums
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Kenya
Kenya shocked by Shabab terror
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Islamic State
UN: Islamic State group got up to $45M in ransoms
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Shabaab
Failures Preceded British Soldier’s Killing
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Kenya
Kenya bus attack: Military ‘kills 100 Shabab militants’
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Shabaab
Somali-American who helped Mogadishu govt killed
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Kenya
Kenyan Muslim cleric Salim Bakari Mwarangi shot dead in Mombasa
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Kenya
Suspected Somali Islamists abduct Kenyan traders
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Shabaab
Somalia army weapons sold on open market – UN monitors
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Islamic State, Shabaab leaders added to US terrorism list
State added three Islamic State commanders and a Shabaab leader to its terrorism list.
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Kenya
Kenya to stay course in quest to stabilize Somalia: President Kenyatta
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France
Report: France aided Somalia al Shabaab leader assassination
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Al Qaeda
Killing and preaching, Nigerian militants carve out ‘caliphate’
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Shabaab
Somalia put on high alert after Shabaab leader confirmed dead
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Shabaab names new emir, reaffirms allegiance to al Qaeda
Less than one week after Ahmed Abdi Godane was killed in an American airstrike, Shabaab has named a new leader and publicly reaffirmed its allegiance to al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri.
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US confirms Shabaab emir Godane killed in airstrike
‘Removing Godane from the battlefield is a major symbolic and operational loss to al-Shabaab,” the Pentagon’s spokesman said. But jihadist groups have withstood the loss of top leaders in the past.
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US military confirms Shabaab’s emir was target of airstrike
“Manned and unmanned aircraft destroyed an encampment and a vehicle” in southern Somalia, the Pentagon’s press secretary said in a briefing.
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US targets Shabaab’s leadership in southern Somalia
Shabaab emir Ahmed Abdi Godane and several senior leaders of the group are rumored to have been at a Shabaab camp when it was targeted by a US airstrike.
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Shabaab suicide assault team hits Somali intelligence HQ in Mogadishu
Shabaab was attempting to free prisoners held at the intelligence headquarters in the Somali capital.
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Kenya
Kenya police say trail gone cold in ‘white widow’ hunt
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Shabaab
Somalia’s president expects new military push to begin in days
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Kenya
Kenyans fleeing to prison for safety in Lamu
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Kenya
Shabaab joins illicit sugar trade
