Al-Qaida | Horn Affairs

Profile of the 7 Al-Shabaab leaders with $33 mil bounty for their heads

The US State Department announced a total of $33 million reward for ‘for information leading to the location’ of seven…

Tuesday, June 12, 2012 @ 3:17 am

A Kenyan court on Wednesday charged a Swiss man with being a member of Somalia’s Al-Qaeda allied Shabaab, the latest…

Friday, June 8, 2012 @ 1:59 am

* A former commander of the Somali al-Qaeda-linked organisation al-Shabaab says dormant cells in the Netherlands are secretly preparing terrorist…

Saturday, June 2, 2012 @ 12:15 am

* Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed Sharif narrowly escaped death Tuesday when a convoy in which he was travelling was…

Friday, June 1, 2012 @ 11:41 pm

(By Abukar Arman) Two decades have passed since the collapse of the Somali state. Twenty one years to be exact.…

Friday, June 1, 2012 @ 11:40 pm

Ali Mohamed Hussein, former leader of al-Shabaab forces in the Banadir region, said last week he is willing to condemn…

Sunday, May 27, 2012 @ 11:59 pm

Suspected grenade attacks at a hotel and a refugee camp in northeastern Kenya wounded at least five people on Saturday,…

Sunday, May 27, 2012 @ 11:58 pm

Highlight: Critics also point to Kismayo. Last fall the Kenyan military made it clear that the Somali seaport of Kismayo…

Saturday, May 26, 2012 @ 5:29 pm

Highlight: The “Swedish” national who was arrested in Kenya on suspicions of having links to the Somali Islamist militia al-Shabaab…

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 @ 11:45 pm

The commander of Ethiopia's military in Somalia stated that it is not a problem for his military to capture Kismayo,…

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 @ 11:45 pm