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Shabaab
Somalia put on high alert after Shabaab leader confirmed dead
Shabaab names new emir, reaffirms allegiance to al Qaeda
Less than one week after Ahmed Abdi Godane was killed in an American airstrike, Shabaab has named a new leader and publicly reaffirmed its allegiance to al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri.
US confirms Shabaab emir Godane killed in airstrike
‘Removing Godane from the battlefield is a major symbolic and operational loss to al-Shabaab,” the Pentagon’s spokesman said. But jihadist groups have withstood the loss of top leaders in the past.
US military confirms Shabaab’s emir was target of airstrike
“Manned and unmanned aircraft destroyed an encampment and a vehicle” in southern Somalia, the Pentagon’s press secretary said in a briefing.
US targets Shabaab’s leadership in southern Somalia
Shabaab emir Ahmed Abdi Godane and several senior leaders of the group are rumored to have been at a Shabaab camp when it was targeted by a US airstrike.
Shabaab suicide assault team hits Somali intelligence HQ in Mogadishu
Shabaab was attempting to free prisoners held at the intelligence headquarters in the Somali capital.
Kenya
Kenya police say trail gone cold in ‘white widow’ hunt
Shabaab
Somalia’s president expects new military push to begin in days
Kenya
Kenyans fleeing to prison for safety in Lamu
Kenya
Shabaab joins illicit sugar trade
Djibouti
US military Africa chief: Chaos in Libya is destabilizing the region
Shabaab
Exclusive: US discloses secret Somalia military presence, up to 120 troops
Al Qaeda
UN Security Council sanctions Islamist ADF in Congo – diplomats
Kenya
Abandoned KDF war boys return to unleash terror in Kenya
Jamaica
White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite ‘mentored by hate preacher in UK’
Kenya
Jermaine Grant trial: ‘Warning text’ in Kenya bomb plot
Shabaab launches 2 attacks along Kenya’s coast
Although Shabaab claimed responsibility for two recent attacks in Kenyan coastal towns, the government blamed the attacks on “local political networks.”
Shabaab takes credit for double suicide bombings in Djibouti
The al Qaeda branch has officially opened a new front in the Horn of Africa.
Suicide bombers attacked Western soldiers in Djibouti
Two Somalis, a man and a woman, detonated their bombs at a restaurant in Djibouti known to be frequented by Western troops.
Shabaab suicide assault team attacks Somalia parliament
The suicide assault, which killed 10 Somali troops, took place just two days after Shabaab vowed to step up attacks in Mogadishu.
Kenya
Kenya vulnerable to Shabaab
African Union
In photos: Tracking al Shabaab in Somalia
Shabaab leader calls for mediation in Syria, says Zawahiri is ‘our Sheikh and Emir’
Abu Zubayr, the emir of Shabaab, restates his support for Ayman al Zawahiri and calls for mediation in Syria.
Al Qaeda
Hillary’s State Department Refused to Brand Boko Haram as Terrorists
Kenya
The Sheikh who would have fought Shabaab at Westgate
Kenya
Man’s two-year ordeal under Shabaab gang
AMISOM
Mogadishu Security Declines As Armed Forces Stretched Outside Capital
Shabaab
Security downturn in Mogadishu
Kenya
Kenya – Will Police Swoop Improve Security?