Al-Shabaab

Ethiopia: Police detains eight alleged al-Qaeda terrorists

(February 6, 2012) - Some eight members of the terrorist organization, al-Qaeda, were put under control while attempting to launch…

No sign of any policy changes by Eritrea’s “Big Brother”

In the late nineteenth century, when the once mighty Ottoman Empire was in a state of collapse, its rapidly failing…

Al-Shabaab kills, abducts gov’t officers in northeast Kenya

Al-Shabaab militants killed at least six Kenyans including four police officers in an attack in Kenya’s northeast, on Wednesday after…

Somalia: Al-Shabaab forces ICRC to suspend service [Press release]

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced its decision to suspend aid deliveries on January 12, 2012. The…

Kenya: British terror suspect on trial, as 29 Ugandans detained

Kenyan Anti-terror police reported the detention 29 Ugandans who were said to be heading to join the terror group Al…

Kenya: Britain warns of impending terror attacks

Kenya stepped up security after sending troops into neighbouring Somalia last October to pursue Islamist al Shabaab rebels, whom it…

Somalia: Ethiopian military to foot its bill, again

The African Union Commission decided to increase the ceiling of AMISOM [African Union Mission to Somalia] personnel to about 17,700,…

A US bank’s suspension of Somalian diaspora money transfer companies

Somalia’s Transitional  Federal Government appealed  to the US Government and the US-based Sunrise Community Banks for the resumption of the…

US considering the closing of Al-Shabaab’s Twitter account

The United States government has recently announced that it is becoming increasingly concerned about the Twitter account used by Al-Shabaab,…

Somalia: Kenyans capture two more towns in the Northern front

Kenyan forces have squeezed Al Shabaab militants out of their entrenched positions in two Somali towns as they step up…

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