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Former al-Shabaab leader donates blood

A former commander in Somalia’s militant Islamist group al-Shabaab has been donating blood to survivors of the truck bombing in the capital, Mogadishu, as shown. Robow defected to the government at the weekend. He was one of the founders of al-Shabab, along with other more radical leaders following the defeat of the Islamic Courts Union […]
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Al-Shabaab Militants Kill Govt Official in Mogadishu

Al-Shabaab Islamist militants shot dead a government official in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, police and a spokesperson for the group said.   Abdifatah Barre, the deputy district commissioner of Mogadishu’s Wadajir district, was shot dead in his car.   “Gunmen opened fire on the car of the deputy district commissioner this morning. The
Africa

Kerry in Kenya Calls for Unity to Defeat Terrorism

US Secretary of State John Kerry held talks with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday on security co-operation, after calling for unity in the face of terror attacks.   Kerry’s trip to the east African nation is the first high-level visit since 2012, and comes after years of tensions surrounding Kenyatta after he was charged […]
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Somali Journalist, Wife Shot Dead

  Suspected members of the Islamist group al-Shabaab have killed a Somali journalist and his wife, police said on Thursday. Daud Ali Omar, 35, who worked for an independent radio station in the southern-central city of Baidoa, and his wife, were shot dead while sleeping by gunmen who entered their home on Wednesday night, local […]
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Hundreds Injured in Kenya Stampede

A student has died and more than 100 were hurt in a stampede which followed the explosion of an electricity transformer at a Kenyan university. Residents of Nairobi university’s Kikuyu campus mistook the blast for a terrorist attack and jumped out of hostel windows early on Sunday morning. Tensions are high among students after an […]
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Kenya Arrests Five Suspects over Varsity Massacre

Kenya’s Interior Cabinet Secretary, Joseph Nkaissery, confirmed on Saturday that the police had arrested three more suspects over Garissa University attack, making five the number of those in custody. The three are said to be associates of terror mastermind, Gamadhere, and were nabbed at the Somalia border while trying to flee on Friday. The al-Qaeda […]
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Ugandan Al- Shabaab Trial Prosecutor Shot Dead

Gunmen has shot dead a top Ugandan state prosecutor whose cases include the trial of 13 men accused of involvement in al-Shebaab bomb attacks that killed 76 people in 2010, police said. Joan Kagezi, acting assistant director of public prosecution, was assassinated by men on a motorbike early Monday evening as she was driving home […]