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Shabaab suicide assault team attacks Somali presidential compound
Shabaab fighters dressed in military uniforms attacked a mosque inside the presidential palace. Two government officials are reported to be among those killed.
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Shabaab assassinates leader of Jubbaland security forces
The commander of the Interim Jubba Administration (IJA) security forces was killed two days ago along with two of his bodyguards in an apparent Shabaab operation in the Somali port city of Kismayu.
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7 killed as Shabaab targets UN officials in Mogadishu
Shabaab is stepping up its attacks on foreigners and international organizations in Somalia.
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Shabaab
Elephant Campaign: How Africa’s ‘white gold’ funds the al Shabaab militants –
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Weekend attacks in Somalia deal Shabaab a double blow
Sahal Iskudhuq, a senior Shabaab commander who served as a high-ranking member of the Amniyat, Shabaab’s intelligence unit, is reported to have been killed in a drone strike.
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Al Qaeda
Fog of Benghazi: Al Qaeda, Dead Americans and an Emerging Threat
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
The Women of al Qaeda
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2nd Shabaab attack on Mogadishu’s Jazeera hotel
Three bombs exploded within an hour of each other near a Mogadishu hotel popular with diplomats and soldiers. Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack, in which at least 11 people have been killed and 17 or more were wounded.
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Shabaab experiences setbacks in Bay region
Somali and Ethiopian troops have successfully captured key areas near the town of Bardale in Bay region.
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Kenya
White widow terror cell helped Rigby killer
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Latest Treasury designation targets al Qaeda’s fundraising network
A newly released terrorist designation by the Treasury Department highlights the extent and cohesion of al Qaeda’s global fundraising network. Treasury reports that Ayman al Zawahiri’s main representative in the Levant, Abu Khalid al Suri, has been funneling cash from Gulf donors to al Qaeda.
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Shabaab
Inside a Shabaab training camp
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Shabaab returns to Twitter nearly 3 months after Westgate
The account said it will seek “to create awareness of the Mujahideen’s struggle, further the cause of Jihad and promote the goals & visions of global Jihad.”
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Shabaab
Mysterious ‘white widow’ eludes police in Africa
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Shabaab strikes in Puntland
A Shabaab suicide bomber carried out an attack on a security convoy in the coastal city of Bossaso. Two foreigners believed to be working for Saracen International survived the attack.
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Recent Shabaab suicide assaults spur Somali and AMISOM operations
After two recent suicide assaults in Beledweyne, AMISOM and Somali troops have begun new concerted operations against Shabaab in central Somalia.
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Another Shabaab suicide assault in Beledweyne
A car laden with explosives rammed into the gates of a police station in Beledweyne, allowing other jihadists to storm the compound.
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Shabaab offers condolences to Mullah Omar and Zawahiri over Hakeemullah Mehsud’s death
Shabaab’s statement praises Hakeemullah Mehsud, who was recently killed in a US drone strike, and offers condolences to Mullah Omar and Ayman al Zawahiri.
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Shabaab
Somalia sees rise in militant defectors who can aid spy service, but some carry out attacks
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Al Qaeda
Somalia: Shabaab ousts traditional elders in favor of loyalists
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Shabaab
Somalia’s future relies on an army that does not yet exist
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Kenya
Former spy: Kenya mall attack ‘could have been prevented’
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Somalia
Pirates use millions of dollars in ransom on drugs, prostitutes
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US drones kill 2 Shabaab operatives in southern Somalia
A senior explosives expert was one of two Shabaab members killed in the airstrike. Today’s drone strike is the second reported US raid this month targeting a top Shabaab leader.
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Kenya
Samantha Lewthwaite ‘received British passport before going on run’
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Norway
Norway’s Somalis worry extremism is spreading
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Norway
Why dozens of ethnic Somalis in Scandinavia are embracing jihad
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Military rally, suicide attack highlight Shabaab’s resilience in Somalia
Yesterday’s suicide attack was preceded by a large Shabaab military rally in a town nearby.
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Al Qaeda
Let’s admit it, we overlooked and underestimated al Shabaab
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Kenya
Al-Shabaab hate video ‘threatens prominent British Muslims’
