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Planes Are Flying Arms Into Somalia for Militants, Kenya Says
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Shabaab claims American involved in Mogadishu suicide assault
Shabaab released an audiotape from Cabdi Salaam al Muhajir, who they claimed is an American citizen. Al Muhajir is one of two suicide bombers who attacked an African Union base in Mogadishu.
Libya
Somalia, Libya, Uganda: US military increases focus on militant threats from Africa
France
Kenya Says Western Nations Have Joined Somalia Fight
Shabaab claims killing of scores of African Union fighters in Mogadishu
Warning: The image shown is graphic. Shabaab displays the bodies of scores of men it claimed are African Union troops. The AU dismissed the claim as propaganda.
Uganda
Police arrested a Somali and a Ugandan in Kisenyi on suspicion of plotting terror attacks. The Somali was identified as Abdula Mohammed.
Uganda
A court sentenced two Ugandans linked to Shabaab to prison for their involvement in the July 2010 suicide attacked that killed 76 people in Kampala. Edris Nsubuga was sentenced to 25 years after admitting to planting the explosives; Muhamoud Mugisha was sentenced to five years for conspiracy.
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Al Qaeda 2.0: What the next 10 years will bring
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Somalia: Islamic militants threaten the English language
Somalia
Somalia heads terrorism risk, South Sudan in top 5: survey
African Union
Eritrea planned massive bomb attack on African Union summit, UN says
Al Qaeda
Analysts: Somali war helped turn drought to famine
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Al Qaeda’s Yemen branch has aided Somalia militants, US says
Ugandan drones: this is how rumors get started
The Wall Street Journal claims that a Ugandan drone was used in a strike that injured two Shabaab commanders. Its reporting on the matter is erroneous.
The US’s overhyped provision of drones to Uganda and Burundi
A large number of observers believe that the US just provided Uganda and Burundi with offensive drone capabilities. It hasn’t.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Killing of embassy bombings mastermind deprives al Qaeda of key figure
Burundi
Burundi peacekeepers in Somalia ‘unpaid’
Uganda
Police issued a terror alert after receiving a threat from Shabaab operatives. Police have been instructed to “be on the lookout for any suspicious material and explosive accessories” and to step up patrols at crowded areas and sensitive sites.
Al Qaeda
In riven Somalia, Islamists dig in
Kenya
Use of extrajudicial rendition in Uganda terror case sparks controversy
Uganda
Police arrested three Somalis who are suspected of belonging to Shabaab. The Somalis were arrested while crossing the border in Busia. One of the suspects, a woman, had a Swedish passport.
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Kenya and Uganda bolster security after explosion
Uganda
A Ugandan court acquitted 18 men accused of involvement in the July 2010 double suicide bombing in Kampala, which killed 74 people. Seventeen others have been remanded to custody for trial.
Al Qaeda
US sends team to East Africa to crack down on ‘germ terrorism’ threat
Somalia
AU asks UN for Somalia air and naval blockade
Kenya
Kenya says West wasting money on anti-piracy ships
Kenya
Kenya defends arrests over Uganda World Cup bombing
Uganda
Police arrested Omar Awadh Omar, the second in command of the Saleh Ali Nabhan Brigade, the Shabaab cell that carried out the July 11 double suicide attack in Kampala that killed 76 people. Omar, Kenyan national, was detained along with Al Amin Kimathi, a Muslim human rights activist.
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Al-Qaeda ‘expand into Uganda’
Uganda
Sheikh Fua™d Mohamed Khalaf, a senior Shabaab leader who is from Saudi Arabia, threatened to carry out more attacks in Kampala if Uganda deploys more troops to Somalia. Uganda recently sent 750 additional soldiers to Mogadishu.