By CHETI PRAXIDES AND ANDREW KASUKU, The Star Nine years after Kenya went to Somalia, al Shabaab is still taking the fight to Kenyan soil, despite multiple operations and airstrikes to cripple them. While it has become routine to hear of the attacks, the frequency and audacity with which they are occurring lately has raised eyebrows. ...
February 3, 2025
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An attack on American forces in Kenya raises questions and concerns
Tourists visiting Kenya’s lovely Lamu archipelago are normally stirred from their slumber by pleasant sounds, such as gently lapping waves or the call to prayer drifting across the water. But on January 5th some were woken by the less melodious rattle and crump of distant battle. Across Manda Bay, on the mainland, fighters from al-Shabab, a...
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Bomb explosion in Somali troops, al-Shabaab clash
MOGADISHU,Somalia- An unknown number of people are feared dead following an al-Shabaab attack on Somali forces at Afgoye town, some 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) from the capital Mogadishu. Initial reports indicated that the militants first detonated a bomb before a fierce small arms gunfire battle with U.S.-trained special forces. Abdirizak Mohamed, the former minister of...
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Four Kenyan civilians killed in al Shabaab attack on telecom mast
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Four Kenyan civilians were killed in a gunfight early on Tuesday when police engaged al Shabaab militants from neighboring Somalia who targeted a telecommunications transmission mast, the police said in an internal report. The United States has sent more troops to Kenya to reinforce security after al Shabaab militants killed three Americans...
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DESPITE US AIR STRIKES, SOMALI EXTREMIST GROUP STILL ACTIVE
BY RODNEY MUHUMUZA AND ABDI GULED MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — By U.S. accounts, it was a devastating air strike against Islamic militants in Somalia, with more than 150 killed in a training camp, but it likely won’t diminish al-Shabab’s ability to continue a wave of attacks. African Union ground forces succeeded in ousting al-Shabab fighters...
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25 PEOPLE KILLED IN AL-SHABAB FRIDAY ATTACK OF SOMALI HOTEL
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The Somali government says the death toll from a suicide attack at a hotel in the Somali capital on Friday has risen to 25, and 40 wounde A statement from Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke’s office on Saturday said an Islamic extremist rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the gate of...
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Somali militants threaten U.S. attacks to avenge leader’s death
BY ABDI SHEIKH Somali Islamist militants have threatened attacks in east Africa and the United States, warning President Barack Obama he would hear “shocking news” as punishment for a U.S. missile strike that killed the rebel group’s leader last week. Al Shabaab made the threats late on Monday, hours after launching twin attacks inside Somalia...