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NAIROBI, Kenya – A suspect in last week’s savage killing of a British soldier on a London street was arrested in Kenya in 2010 while apparently preparing to train and fight with al-Qaida-linked Somali militants, an anti-terrorism police official said. … read more »
(IRIN) – Moves to bring three regions in the deep south of Somalia together into the state of Jubaland have turned into a tussle with the central government, with regional powerhouses Kenya and Ethiopia playing important roles. After more than … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Somali, Special Reports
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab, IndepthAfrica, Jubaland, Kenya, Kismayo, Mogadishu, Mohamed Abdi Mohamed, Somalia
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MOGADISHU, Somalia – Nine al-Shabab Islamic extremists, most wearing suicide vests, stormed Somalia’s main court complex on Sunday while the Supreme Court was in session, firing a barrage of bullets during a running gun battle with security forces that lasted … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Pan African News, Somali
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Tagged Abdi Farah Shirdon, African Union, Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Somalia, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States
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It’s a new day in Somalia. That’s the message I took away from a trip to the capital city of Mogadishu earlier this year. We have our best opportunity in more than two decades to help stabilize Somalia and advance … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Pan African News, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Siad Barre, Somali people, Somalia, United States
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U.S. citizens Omar Shafik Hammami (R) and Jehad Serwan Mostafa are seen in undated FBI handout photos. NAIROBI — The U.S. State Department has offered $5 million rewards for information about two American citizens who have joined ranks with the … read more »
Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia — A militant official and a Somali resident say al-Shabab fighters have stoned to death a man for carrying out a homosexual sex act. The resident, Yusuf Abdi, said the group buried a blindfolded man to … read more »
By Bashir Goth In its issue, 2nd -8th March 2013, The Economist magazine drew a rosy picture of Africa in a 14-page special report of what it described as “the world’s fastest growing continent,” with a cover page title “Aspiring … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabab, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Sierra Leone, Somali people, Somalia, United Nations, United States
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Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab group has opened a new Twitter account in English, less than two weeks after its previous account was suspended. A senior al-Shabab official told the BBC that the new account was genuine. Al-Shabab’s previous English-language account was … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab, bbc, English language, Foreign hostages in Somalia, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, somali news, Somalia, Twitter
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A Somali militant group says it will execute several Kenyan hostages unless Kenya heeds its demands to free Muslims arrested on terrorism charges. Militant group al-Shabab issued its ultimatum on a video and Twitter messages released late Wednesday. The video … read more »
An image posted online on Jan. 14, 2013 by Islamic militants in Somalia allegedly shows the body of a French commando who was killed in a failed raid aimed at freeing a French hostage. / YouTube MOGADISHU, Somalia In a gruesome … read more »
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Tagged Al-Shabab, Foreign hostages in Somalia, France, François Hollande, French Defence, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica news, Jean-Yves Le Drian, Mogadishu, photo of French commando killed in raid, somali Al-Shabab, somali news, Somalia, Somalia News
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By Mohamud M Uluso, analysis The disintegration of Somalia into feuding armed clans, some headed by warlords, still remains the biggest problem in rebuilding the nation The setting up of local public administration in the regions of Gedo, Lower Jubba … read more »
Posted in Analysis, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabab, IndepthAfrica, Islamic Court Union, Mogadishu, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Somali, somali news, Somali people, Somalia, Somalia News, Transitional Federal Government
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By Keffyalew Gebremedhin Quoting Ethiopia’s National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), Aaron Maasho of Reuters was the first on January 2nd to report about the arrest by Ethiopian police of 15 suspected militants inside the country, whose mission reportedly was … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Al Habash, Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabab, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, ethiopian opinion, IndepthAfrica, Moslem, Reuters, Somalia
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Ten men were found guilty Tuesday by an Ethiopian court of plotting terror attacks with Islamist extremist rebels from neighboring Somalia. Judge Bahiru Darecha said the group was making plans and getting supplies to attack political and … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somali
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Islamism, kenya news, kenyan news, Middle East, somali news, Somalia, Somalia News
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Investigative reporter Michelle Sheppard’s excellent reporting into Somalia’s Al Shabab’s activities, revealing that many Canadians have joined the fight, is most troubling. I have to wonder if this is not yet another case of these foreign fighters simply wanting Canadian … read more »
November 25, 2012 by benim
At least 20 people have been killed and several others injured in double bomb attacks, which rocked port city of Kismayo in southern Somalia. The first bomb went off on Sunday morning near an administrative building where at least 15 … read more »
By Hassan M. Abukar In July of this year, a group of 22 Somali Salafi scholars met in Nairobi, Kenya, and issued a fatwa (a religious edict) that condemned a young Somali cleric based in Kenya named Shaikh Hassaan Hussein … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Al-Ictisaam, Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Nairobi, Salafi, somali news, Somali people, Somalia, Somalia News
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AFPThis image downloaded from the internet on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, shows the main page of the sabahionline.com website, featuring an image made from video showing al-Qaida leader Ayman Al-Zawahri. At first glance it appears to be a sleek Horn … read more »
By Nasser Mussa rom remote villages in Somalia to the U.S. Federal Court in Minneapolis, al-Shabab has garnered attention throughout the world as a terrorist group from the Horn of Africa. rom remote villages in Somalia to the U.S. Federal … read more »
MOGADISHU, Somalia — The first Ugandan soldiers to fly into Somalia 5 1/2 years ago came under attack as soon as they arrived: Militants fired mortars at the new mission’s welcome ceremony. Today, backed by a sweeping multinational effort that … read more »
Posted in Article, Somali
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Tagged African Union Mission to Somalia, Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfricaUganda, Mogadishu, Somali, Somalia, Ugandan
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By Hassen Hussein MINNEAPOLIS — No sooner had Somalia’s clan-appointed legislators elected a president, the first in more than 42 years in this Horn of Africa nation, than Kenyan troops dislodged the Islamist military group Al-Shabab from its last stronghold, … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somali
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Tagged African Union, Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Nelson Mandela, Somalia
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By Ken Menkhaus, Washington Post In Somalia, a year-long military offensive by Kenyan and Somali forces has succeeded in capturing the strategic seaport of Kismayo from the militant group Al Shabab. The liberation of Kismayo is a major setback for … read more »
Posted in Article, Kenya, Somali
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Tagged African Union Mission to Somalia, Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica African news, Kenya, Kenyan, Kismayo, Somali, Somalia
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KENYA’S military says it has captured the key Somali southern port city of Kismayo from the Islamist militant group al-Shabab during an overnight attack involving a beach landing. It is the last remaining port city held by the al-Qaeda-linked insurgents … read more »
By Bill Rafoss, The StarPhoenix Rafoss is a sessional instructor in the political studies department at the University of Saskatchewan. He plans to be in Kenya for its next election. As Kenyans approach their general election on March 4, the … read more »
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica africa news, Kenya, Kofi Annan, Mwai Kibaki, Raila Odinga, Somalia
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Riots broke out in the Kenyan city of Mombasa Monday after gunmen killed a radical Muslim cleric who allegedly supported Somali militant group al-Shabab. Mombasa police tell VOA that at least two people were killed as protesters battled police officers, … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Spotlight
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Tagged African Union, Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Mombasa, Shabab, Somali people, Somalia
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Thousands of Somalis gathered in a Mogadishu sports stadium Monday to celebrate the one-year mark since African Union and Somali soldiers forced militants out of the capital, a military victory that ushered in a year of relative peace and progress. … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, East Africa, News, Somali
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The United States has placed financial sanctions on two Eritrean officials and four other East Africans it accuses of supporting the Somali militant group al-Shabab. The U.S. Treasury Department designated the six men Thursday under a 2010 presidential order that … read more »
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MOGADISHU — The Islamist group al-Shabab, that controls large parts of central and southern Somalia, has recently suffered significant defeats at the hands of Amisom, the African Union force that has been fighting the al-Qaeda-allied militants. The BBC’s Gabriel Gatehouse … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, African Union, Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Somali, Somalia, United States
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The United States’s FBI has joined the investigation into this week’s Nairobi blast, which officials say was likely caused by a fertiliser bomb. A Kenyan official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the smell of ammonia at the scene … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Kenya, News
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabab, IndepthAfrica, IntelCenter, Kenya, Moi Avenue, Nairobi, Raila Odinga, Somalia
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Somalia’s President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has survived an assassination attempt by al-Shabab militants. Gunmen opened fire on the president’s convoy Tuesday in the Alamada area, about 15 kilometers west of the capital, Mogadishu. A VOA reporter traveling with the … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali, Spotlight
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Tagged African Union, Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Kismayo, Mogadishu, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Somalia
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Seven people, including two MPs, have been killed in a suicide attack in central Somalia, authorities in the town of Dusa Mareb have said. Eyewitnesses told the BBC the attack targeted a group of about 20 politicians at an outdoor … read more »
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