Tag Archives: al-shabaab

Connecting the dots in the triangle of threat

January 7, 2013 1 comment

Just as the temperature of ‘security threat’ slowly declines in Somalia, it rises in other parts of East Africa. Elements of mainly political, religious, and clan/ethnic nature continue to shift and ...

Kenya’s military success against terror group Al-Shabaab in Soma...

October 20, 2012 no comments

MOGADISHU, Abdurrahman Warsameh - (IPS) - A Kenyan military advance into Somali territory to push back Islamic militants has had some measured military success – but is not without controversy. The c...

Al-Shabaab female suicide bombers – The new terror tactic

October 4, 2012 no comments

Police in the country have now confirmed that indeed the Al-Shabaab militants and their sympathizers have come up with new terror tactics which include deploying their female counterparts in carrying...

Mission Accomplished – KDF Soldiers take over Al-Shabaab’s stronghold...

September 28, 2012 5 comments

News streaming in on Friday 28th from the Somalia warfront indicates that the ongoing Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) mission in Somalia is rather hitting the climax following today’s capture of AL-Shabaa...

Kenya Defence Forces have killed more than 50 Al-Shabaab fighters arou...

September 11, 2012 no comments

The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) have managed to kill more than 50 Al-Shabaab militia men in the area of Harbolle as they make their way into the interior of Kismayu in Somalia. The Kenyan forces have ...

KDF Soldiers capture Kismayu killing dozens of Al-Shabaab militia in a...

September 2, 2012 7 comments

Latest reports streaming in from the warfront areas in Somalia reveal that the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF), AMISOM forces together with the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) soldiers have made inr...

Al-Shabaab sympathizers issue terror warnings following the death of A...

August 28, 2012 1 comment

Following a shootout that saw the death of Al-Qaeda linked Muslim cleric by the name Sheikh Aboud Rogo Mohammed, Al-Shabaab sympathizers have now issued terror warnings with pledges to undertake poss...

Al-Shabaab threatens to undertake massive destruction over Ramadan

July 21, 2012 no comments

Nairobi Police boss warns that the Somalia militia group Al-Shabaab has issued fresh warnings of plans set to undertake terror attacks during the Holy month of Ramadhan that is expected to kick off t...

Kenya and Sierra Leone join forces to hunt down terror group Al-Shabaa...

July 6, 2012 no comments

  The-Star – Kenya yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sierra Leone over a working relationship between their troops in pursuit of al Shabaab insurgents in Somalia. Defence...

Somalia’s ruthless terror group Al-Shabaab vows to carry out mor...

October 6, 2011 no comments

DOHA, Qatar (IPS) – Al-Shabaab has vowed to carry out more attacks in Mogadishu following a vehicle bomb blast that killed scores of people in the Somali capital. The warning came after the armed ant...

Mogadishu is desperately in need of more foreign assistance

August 31, 2011 no comments

MOGADISHU (IPS) – The shelling and gunshots, once a common sound in Mogadishu, no longer ring out in the city’s streets. The surprise withdrawal on Aug. 6 of the Islamist extremist group Al Shabaab f...

Crazy ruthless and dangerous islamist insurgents Al-Shabaab claim ther...

July 22, 2011 no comments

Somalia’s most dangerous and reckless militant group, Al-Shabaab, says it won’t allow banned aid workers into the areas it controls. Sheik Ali Mohamud Rage is calling the U.N.’s dec...

Political Expediency may forfeit reform in Somalia

June 18, 2011 no comments

The worst thing that could happen to Somalia at this critical juncture—in its recovery from two decades of bloodshed and chaos— is to disrupt the momentum of security improvement and to derail the re...

Somalia’s Interior Minister murdered by Al-Shabaab in bomb attac...

June 11, 2011 1 comment

Al-Shabaab, the Al-Qaeda linked insurgent group, based in Somalia, have claimed responsibility for an explosion that killed the country’s interior minister, and said they did so because the min...

Easter terror alert for Kenya as Al-Shabaab threatens to strike

April 22, 2011 no comments

Kenya’s top cop is warning that al-Qaida-linked Somali insurgents, Al-Shabaab, that have already carried out an international attack, may attempt to strike Kenya over the Easter holidays. Commi...

AMISOM troops beat back Al-Shabaab and seize control of key towns in S...

April 7, 2011 no comments

NAIROBI, April 7, 2011 (AFP) – Attacks by Al Qaeda-inspired rebels last year in Mogadishu had left the African peace force in a tight spot but the beefed up contingent has recently reclaimed th...