Somalia:   Al-Shabaab Be-heads Two for Cooperating With Security Forces

Radio Dalsan, 5 July 2016

Armed group Alshabaab have be-headed two telecommunication staff in Galcad in Galgadud region. The two who were staff of the leading Somali telecommunication company Hormud were… Read more »

Uganda:   Govt Reconsiders Troop Pullout From Somalia, Museveni Says

Shabelle, 5 July 2016

Uganda is reconsidering plans to withdraw its troops from Somalia, where an African Union force fighting al-Qaeda-linked militants hasn't received allowances from the European… Read more »

Somalia:   Amisom Divisions Threaten Somalia's Fragile Stability

Daily Maverick, 5 July 2016

By general consensus, the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia is about the only thing keeping that country from falling apart. Except that the mission is struggling to… Read more »

Somalia:   Suspected Al Shabaab 'Brides' Among Six Arrested in Kwale

Shabelle, 2 July 2016

Six terror suspects, including four who police referred to as al Shabaab brides, were questioned by Kwale detectives on Friday. Read more »

Somalia:   SNA Repulse 'Al Shabaab' Ambush in Shalanbod

Shabelle, 3 July 2016

Reports reaching us from Shalanbod town in lower Shabeele region indicate that suspected Al-shabaab fighters attacked government forces base in the town. Read more »

Somalia:   Is Al-Shabaab Regaining Ground?

East African, 2 July 2016

At least 15 people were killed on June 25 when gunmen stormed Naso Hablod hotel in Mogadishu after a suicide bomber detonating a car filled with explosives at the hotel's gate. Read more »

Somalia:   Kenya Blamed for Bus Attack in Mandera

Shabelle, 5 July 2016

A senior security official in Mandera on Saturday blamed the government for failing to implement some recommendations agreed last year by President Uhuru Kenyatta and local… Read more »