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Lord’s Resistance Army
Kony 2013: US quietly intensifies effort to help African troops capture infamous warlord
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Uganda
10 things to do against a gun-wielding terrorist
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Uganda
The police force issued a red alert and recalled all its officers from leave after warnings that Shabaab is seeking to execute a Westgate-type attack in Uganda. A police spokesman said that “[o]ur intelligence and that of the Americans show an imminent terror attack is likely.”
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Uganda
Ugandan authorities beefed up security after receiving warnings that Shabaab may try to execute a Westgate Mall-type attack in Kampala. The US Embassy in Kampala issued a warning on Oct. 15 about the plot. Ugandan police warned on Oct. 2 that wanted Shabaab terrorist Andreas Martin Mueller a.k.a. Ahmed Khaled traveled to Kampala from Limulu, Kenya on Oct. 1. Authorities had looked for Mueller, who is of German origin, when he entered the country in January 2012 along with another Shabaab operative, Emrah Erdogan a.k.a. Imraan Al-Kurdy a.k.a. Salahaddin Al-Kurdy; the two men went to Tanzania, where Erdogan was arrested.
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Burundi
‘White Widow’ Lewthwaite ‘Key’ In Al Shabaab
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Al Qaeda
Extremist Group Gains Foothold Among Kenyans
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AMISOM
On the shifting frontlines of the fight against al-Shabaab
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Kenya
Poaching funds Somalia’s al Shabaab, activists say
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Shabaab
Somalia’s struggle for unity far from over
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Uganda
A senior police official said that five Shabaab operatives who entered the country last month are still missing. The five “foreign fighters” are said to be involved in the 2010 suicide attacks in Kampala.
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Congo
UN wants to use drones for peacekeeping missions
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Uganda
Uganda plans to pull its troops out of the UN-mandated force in Somalia after the UN accused Uganda of supporting the Congolese rebel group M23. Uganda currently supplies over a third of the UN’s 17,600 troops in Somalia. Citing a need to focus on domestic security, Uganda will also withdraw its troops from the Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Al Qaeda
American jihadist struggles inside Somali militia
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Al Qaeda
Somalia, allies batter al Shabaab, but gains may be fragile
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Africa
China’s arms exports flooding sub-Saharan Africa
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Somalia
US is the driving force behind the fighting in Somalia
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Uganda
Police released a photo of Muhamed Libani Hajji, a known Shabaab terrorist from Somalia. Hajji is thought to have entered Uganda to conduct attacks.
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Uganda
Police arrested five Pakistanis in an area where militants from the Shabaab-linked Allied Democratic Forces have been based. The suspects, who are thought to have ties to militants, had entered Uganda in the Ntoroko district, which borders the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Africa’s Islamist militants ‘co-ordinate efforts’
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Al Qaeda
Analysis: Somali rebels bruised, but may dodge knockout blow
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
US expands secret intelligence operations in Africa
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Al Qaeda
US trains African soldiers for Somalia mission
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Sudan
Ugandan army says Sudan is backing Joseph Kony’s LRA
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Al Qaeda
A look at bomb attacks attributed to Somalia’s most powerful al-Qaida-linked militant group
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African Union
African Union launches US-backed force to hunt Kony
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Shabaab suicide bomber strikes at presidential palace in Mogadishu
Shabaab continues to be able to penetrate high-security areas in the Somali capital. At least four Somalis were killed in the attack.
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Uganda
Video: Joseph Kony 2012: online video campaign to bring Uganda war criminal to justice goes viral
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Al Qaeda
UN Says Famine in Somalia Is Over, but Risks Remain
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Al Qaeda
Threat Level Rising: How African Terrorist Groups Inspired by al-Qaeda Are Gaining Strength
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African Union
Mogadishu dares to dream of a new future as militants are driven from Somali capital
