Kidnappers demand $1.5m for Cuban doctors taken in Kenya
Gunmen who kidnapped two Cuban doctors in northeastern Kenya and whisked them to Somalia have demanded $1.5 million (1.35 million euros) for their release, police...
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Where has the Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahiri been hiding for 18 years?
Nestled alongside ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi in the deepest ranks of the depraved, Al Qaeda’s chief Ayman Al Zawahiri is one of the...
Somalia car bomb near the Presidential Palace kills four people
At least four people were killed and scores of others were injured in a bomb explosion at the Warta-Nabada district headquarters in the Somalia capital,...
British terror suspect jailed in Kenya for possessing explosives
A Kenyan court on Thursday sentenced British terror suspect Jermaine Grant to four years prison for possessing bomb-making materials, charges the accused extremist has long...
Fourthy-year jail term for ten terrorists in northern Mozambique
A court in northern Mozambique has jailed 10 persons known to have carried out deadly attacks on the local population in some districts of the...
US Army confirms the killing of Islamic State leader in Somalia
The US military confirmed Monday that it had killed the second-ranking Islamic State leader in Somalia in an air strike. US Africa Command said that...
Cuban doctors kidnapped by suspected al-Shabab Islamic extremists in Kenya
Suspected Somali al-Shabab Islamic extremists kidnapped two Cuban doctors on Friday and killed their police protection officer in northeastern Kenya, police sources said. The sources...
Kenya wants the UN Security Council to recognise al Shabaab as a terrorist organisation
Kenya wants the UN Security Council to recognise al Shabaab as a terrorist organisation. The government has appealed to the Council to help Kenya fight...
Somali army forces foil major terror attack in southern region
National Army (SNA) forces foiled a major terrorist attack in southern region late on Monday following heavy fighting between the army and al-Shabab fighters, government...
Terrorism suspect arrested in Breda
The police arrested a 23-year-old man in Breda on suspicion of involvement in terrorism. According to information from intelligence service AIVD, he joined Islamic terrorist...
Al-Shabaab’s Kenyan commander suspected to have been killed in airstrike
A Kenyan-born top Al-Shabaab commander who is believed to be responsible for conducting the El Adde attack is suspected to be among 40 militants of...
U.S. airstrike kills at least 35 Al-Shabaab suspects in Somalia
The US Africa Command estimated 35 al-Shabab "terrorists" were killed in an aerial bombing targeting the jihadi group in Somalia's central Hiran region.