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Kenya: Five Years After Westgate, Al-Shabaab Is Weakened but Not Yet Defeated
The Conversation Africa, 2 October 2018
It's been five years since four attackers made their way into Westgate, a popular shopping mall in the rich Westlands area of Nairobi, and unleashed a coordinated attack that left… Read more »
Five Years After Westgate Attack Al-Shabaab Remain Undefeated
There are several indications that Kenya, as well as several of its neighbours, such as Djibouti, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia, have made important gains against the terror group and its local sympathisers, writes Stig Jarle Hansen for The Conversation.
A survivor is carried out of Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, where armed gunmen opened fire and reportedly killed up to 30 people and wounded dozens (file photo).
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Somalia: US Airstrike Kills 9 Al-Shabaab Militants
VOA, 3 October 2018
The U.S. military says it killed at least nine al-Shabab militants in an airstrike in southern Somalia that was conducted after an insurgent attack on government forces. Read more »
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Kenya: Al-Shabaab Remains Major Security Threat to the Country
Nation, 21 September 2018
The Somalia-based Al-Shabaab militant group remains a potent threat to security in the region, although its capacity to stage regular attacks in urban areas has been degraded. Read more »
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Somalia: Al-Shabaab Attacks EU Convoy in Mogadishu, Two Killed
VOA, 3 October 2018
A suicide bomber drove a car into a Western military convoy in Mogadishu on Monday, killing two people and injuring four. Read more »
InFocus
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Al-Shabaab has claimed the central Mogadishu attack in which six people - 3 soldiers and 3 civilians - were killed, and caused a nearby Islamic school to collapse. A mosque and the ... Read more »
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President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has made major security shake-ups to step up the fight against Al-Shabaab. Read more »
