al-Hijra designated as Wing of al-Shabaab
On Thursday, July 19th, the U.S. Department of State amended the designation of the al-Shabaab terrorist group to include al-Hijra,...
Kenya
Al-Shabaab Preparing for New Leadership
Recent Kenyan intelligence reports have suggested that al-Shabaab leader, Ahmed Umar (AKA Abu Ubeiydah) may be near death after prolonged...
Kenyan Police Bust Jihadist Plotting Biological Attack
On Tuesday, May 3, 2016, Kenya's General of Police Joseph Boinnet announced that they had cell of jihadist medics linked...
Jahba East Africa Jihadists Encroaching Upon al-Shabaab
On Thursday, April 7, 2016, Jahba East Africa officially pledged an allegiance to Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,...
Kenyan military accused of corruption and side business deals with al-Shabaab
A report published by Kenyan advocacy group Journalists for Justice alleges that corrupt elements in the Kenyan military forces deployed...
Venezuela elections, al-Shabaab returns to Kenya, Assad in Moscow, Chinese espionage at NASA…
Venezuela extends state of emergency as elections loom President Nicolas Maduro has extended the state of emergency in Tachira, which...
Jihad in East Africa, Russia in the Middle East, Refugees Everywhere
Kenya thwarts terror plot A routine security screening at the Garden City mall, one of the largest in Nairobi, resulted...
Al Shabaab Determined To Advance-US, AU, and AMISON Determined To Fight Back
The Al Qaeda-linked group operating in Somalia, Al Shabaab, has unfortunately had quite an active summer. Less than two weeks...
Al Shabaab Leaders Targeted in US Airstrike
On July 16, a US drone strike killed over thirty members of Al Shabaab near the town of Bardhere in...
Al Shabaab Targets UAE for the First Time
On June 24, al Shabaab fighters killed a number of people in a suicide car bomb attack in Mogadishu, Somalia,...
Al-Shabaab Attacks Kenyan Military Base
Al-Shabaab militants attacked a northeastern Kenyan military base Sunday morning, killing 2 Kenyan soldiers. 11 Al Shabaab fighters were reportedly...
US, Western Governments funding advocates of UN-sanctioned terrorists
Kenyan officials have recently accused the United States, UK, Norway, Germany, and Finland of funding two groups with links to...
Al-Shabaab Takes Kenyan Village as Ugandan President Declares They Are Weak
Over 30 foreigners, reported to be members of al-Shabaab, have taken over a village in Mandera County, Kenya on June...
Al-Shabaab Attacks Police In Garissa
Suspected Islamist gunmen attacked Kenyan federal police in Garissa province, the same province where Al-Shabaab terrorists massacred students and faculty...
U.S. Secretary of State in East Africa Signals Tacit Acknowledgment of Global Jihadist Threat
U.S. Secretary of State visited both Nairobi Kenya (Monday) and the airport in Mogadishu Somalia (yesterday) just weeks after al...
Kenyan Staffer Arrested for al-Shabaab Plot Calls to Mind Convicted U.S. Brotherhood Operative
Kenyan police are holding longtime parliamentary staffer Ali Abdulmajid on suspicion of helping al-Shabaab, an Islamist terror group based in...