Security | Horn Affairs

Somalia: Kenyan military plans to capture Kismayu port in June

The Kenya Defence Force(KDF) is scheduled to join the second and final stage of the operation to flush out al…

Saturday, May 26, 2012 @ 11:19 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

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said that his military is looking to gain more ground from Al-Shabab in southern Somalia,…

Thursday, May 24, 2012 @ 11:32 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

Kenyan security forces on Wednesday arrested a German convert to radical Islam, for whom a warrant was issued at the…

Sunday, May 20, 2012 @ 11:15 pm

(May 14 2012 - Garowe Online) - An alleged foreign fighter for the Al Shabaab was captured near Hosingow located…

Monday, May 14, 2012 @ 11:52 pm

A Swedish citizen, Magd Najjar, has been detained by Kenyan police on alleged links to Al-Shabaab. Kenyan media reported, citing…

Monday, May 14, 2012 @ 7:23 pm

(May 12 - Xinhua) - The African Union High-Level Implementation Panel on Sudan (AUHIP) has set May 17 as the…

Monday, May 14, 2012 @ 1:00 am

Kenyan police launched a major manhunt on Saturday for German citizen believed to use alias names Andreas Martin Muller and…

Sunday, May 13, 2012 @ 10:43 pm

‘Britons are thought to make up about 25 per cent of the 200 or so foreign fighters that the Al-Shabaab…

Sunday, May 13, 2012 @ 10:00 pm