By Kevin J. Kelley Daily Nation Some lawmakers and analysts in the United States are urging President Obama to launch strikes against al-Shabaab with the aim of preventing more terror attacks in Kenya and possibly the United States. ”We’re talking about very significant terrorist groups here which are showing a capacity to attack outside of...
DUNCAN MIRIRI AND RICHARD LOUGH A loud explosion sent thick smoke billowing from the Nairobi mall where militants from Somalia’s al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group threatened to kill hostages on the third day of a raid in which at least 59 have already died. The blast was followed by other smaller detonations and volleys of...
Heavy gunfire and explosions have been heard at the shopping centre in Nairobi where militants are said to be holding a number of hostages. Sixty-nine people have been killed and more than 170 injured since the attack began in Kenya’s capital on Saturday. Between 10 and 15 attackers are still inside the Westgate shopping centre....
Qoddobada warka maanta aan idiin hayno waxaa mid ah, waxaa sii kordhayo khasaaraha iyo dhimashada ka dhalatay kadib markii dabley ka tirsan Al Shabab ay qabsadeen xarun ganacsi oo ku taala magaalada Neyrobi iyo warar kale
By AYMERIC VINCENOT and PETER MARTELL NAIROBI – Kenyan troops battled late into Sunday night in a bid to end a terrifying stand-off with Somali militants holding hostages inside a shopping mall, with police warning the death toll of 68 could rise sharply. The army said it had managed to secure most of the upmarket,...
By Helen Vesperin NAIROBI (AFP) – The massacre at a Kenyan shopping mall by Somalia’s Shebab insurgents has shown the still potent threat of the Al-Qaeda-linked group even as fighters struggle at home, analysts say. The attack, which follows bloody strikes by Shebab suicide commandos earlier this year, including against an United Nations base in the...
NAIROBI, Kenya – Here are 10 things to know about al-Shabab, the Somali Islamic extremist group that has claimed responsibility for the attack on Kenya’s premier shopping mall that killed dozens of civilians. WHAT IS AL-SHABAB? Al-Shabab is an extremist Islamic terrorist force that grew out of the anarchy that crippled Somalia after warlords ousted...
Kevin Mwanza NAIROBI (Reuters) – In the shabby “Little Mogadishu” quarter of Kenya’s capital, Somalis feared the militant attack on a Nairobi shopping mall could trigger a violent backlash against them. Islamist group al Shabaab said it carried out the raid on the Westgate center, that killed at least 59 people, in revenge for Kenya’s...
Erigavo ( WDN) A fighting has broken out in Erigavo (Ceergaabo), a city that has remained relatively peaceful amid the chaos that has marked Somalia for the past 22 years. Residents of Erigavo have witnessed on Friday night a fighting between the Somaliland administration police and residents of the city. According to WDN sources in Erigavo, the...
Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya oo ka hadlay weerarkii lagu qaaday xarunta ganacsiga westgate Mall, R.wasaare Saacid oo canbaareeyay duulaankii westgate Mall, Al-shabaab oo sheegtay in weerarkaasi ay uga aar gudananayeen dhibaata ay sheegeen in ciiddanka Kenya ay Soomaaliya ka geysteen, Safiirka Soomaliya ee Kenya oo ugu baaqay dowladaha Soomaaliya iyo Kenya in ay iska kaashadaan la dagaalanka Al-Shabaab oo uu...