MOMBASA, Kenya, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Kenyans who have been recruited by Al-Shabaab are fleeing Somalia following sustained airstrikes by the U. S. forces, officials said on Friday. Joseph Kanyiri, director of Operation Linda Boni (Swahili for Operation Protect Boni), who has been overseein...
Hussein Mohamed reports on the latest air, ground and sea incursion, dubbed, 'Operation Linda Nchi', which comes amid reports that, the Al-Shabaab terror group has vowed to retaliate inside Kenya.Kenya Citizen TV
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed agreed that the fight against Al-Shabaab must continue until they are no longer a threat. "Al-Shabaab remains ready to kill innocent people in both Kenya and Somalia," Kenyatta told journalists after holding bilateral talk...
The Kismayo-Dhobley route which connects Somalia and Kenya is the main zone for Al-Shabaab's punitive taxation. Commercial traffic transiting between Kismayo and Dhobley is typically taxed at the Labikuus, Janay Abdullah or Berhani checkpoints, all of which are located just to the west and ...
Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) spokesman Colonel Joseph Owuoth said the soldiers also successfully destroyed an Al-Shabaab terrorist camp located 9km north of Sarira, Badhaadhe region of Lower Jubba. "The intelligence-led operation was executed after surveillance assets sighted Al-Shabaab terrorist concen...
Somalia vs. Kenya Military SomaliaKenya Military branchesSomali National Security Forces: Somali National Army (SNA), Somali National Police (SNP, includes a maritime unit), National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) (2021) note: Somalia has numerous militia formations operating throughout the ...
NAIROBI, June 7 (Xinhua) -- The expansive Kenya-Somalia border is slowly becoming a haven for a new form of terrorism that has eluded security dragnet owing to its covert nature and sophistication. Somalia-based Al-Shabaab militants have in the last few weeks staged numerous attacks along the...
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the Islamist group of Al Shabaab was accused by the Kenyan government of orchestrating rally riots in support of Abdulah Al-Faisal, an radical Jamaican cleric, who had once been jailed for allegedly inciting hatred against non-Muslims. He managed to enter Kenya recently and the authorities have...
Kenya's army said Thursday that they killed 57 Al-Shabaab militants during a clash at Afmadow area of southern Somalia.