al Shabaab

Hundreds of people in the Somali capital Mogadishu, attended a government-organised rally to protest against the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab group. Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who was part of the rally at a stadium under tight…

In the fight against terrorism in general and the Al-Shabab extremist group in particular, the Somali government has decided to enforce a new measure. On 7th October, the deputy minister of information announced the government banned…

Al-Shabaab jihadists armed with guns and explosives stormed an African Union base in Somalia on Tuesday, triggering a fierce firefight that killed Burundian peacekeepers. A high-ranking Burundian military officer said about 30 soldiers…

Kenya and the UK have signed a five-year Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) to tackle shared threats across East Africa. The two countries signed the agreement in a side event during President Uhuru Kenyatta’s three-day Guest of…

Al Shabaab militants kill 5, including retired army general in hotel blast. As the smoke rises from the site of the blast, Mogadishu was once more rocked by fighters of the Al Qaeda linked Islamist group al Shabaab. On Sunday evening,…

Ugandan soldiers working as part of a peacekeeping force in Somalia have killed 189 al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab fighters in an attack on one of their camps, the Ugandan army said. Ugandan troops are part of the African Union peacekeeping…