Two Cord MPs differ over failed Okoa Kenya referendum
Two Cord members of Parliament on Saturday differed over the failed Okoa Kenya campaign after the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) ruled that the sponsors had failed to get…
65 Shebab insurgents killed in northeas Somalia
Mogadishu: Somalia security forces have killed 65 Shebab Islamic insurgents who attacked coastal towns in the semi-autonomous Puntland area in the country’s northeast, the regional army chief said Monday. “The…
KDF soldiers kill 34 Al-Shabaab militants in two days
The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers on Saturday killed 21 Al-Shabaab militants in a shootout in Lower Juba Region in Somalia and recovered weapons. Two KDF soldiers also died in…
Puntland clashes with Alshabaab terrorist enter second day in Somalia
GAROWE ONLINE| Fierce clashes have continued for second day in the northeastern State of Puntland, with government troops neutralizing militants trying to infiltrate by boats in onslaught involving artillery according…
Somali militants seize small port in Puntland region
Somali al Shabaab fighters have seized a small port in the semi-autonomous Puntland region, the latest sign of a resurgence in activity by the Islamist militants in the Horn of…
Planned attack in Rome stopped a Somali imam in Campobasso
He wanted to convince asylum seekers to become suicide bombers, good save. Maybe blowing themselves. He chanted ISIS, Al-Qaeda and Al Shabaab. He is trying to co-opt proselytes to push…
U.S. strikes al Shabaab training camp in Somalia, more than 150 killed | Reuters
WASHINGTON The United States has carried out an air strike in Somalia, killing more than 150 fighters with the al Qaeda-linked Islamist group al Shabaab, following U.S. intelligence on preparations…
According to sources at the summit, the EAC still wants to assess Somalia’s readiness to join the bloc.
As leaders of the EAC met in Arusha in northern Tanzania, one man was conspicuously missing. Burundi’s president, Pierre Nkurunziza, did not attend even though his country was bidding for…
At least 30 killed in Somalia restaurant bombings claimed by Islamists
MOGADISHU: At least 30 people have been killed in twin bomb attacks claimed by Shebab Islamists at a busy restaurant in the Somali city of Baidoa, the regional governor said…