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Kenya: U.S. Army Says Al-Shabaab Report On Manda Bay Attack Exaggerated
Citizen, 6 January 2020
Al Shabaab's report on the Sunday attack at Manda Bay Airfield in Lamu County was exaggerated, the US military has said. Manda Bay is an area where US forces provide training and… Read more »
Al-Shabaab Report On Kenya Manda Bay Attack Exaggerated - U.S.
Following the ambush at dawn, the Al-Shabaab issued a statement, saying there were "severe casualties on both Kenyan and American troops stationed there" but the U.S. Africa Command, Africom, has dismissed the group's statement, saying the message was distorted to create the wrong impression.
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East Africa: At Least 10 People Killed By Al Shabaab in the Past Week
Capital FM, 13 January 2020
At least ten people have been killed in under two weeks in terror attacks, mainly at the border points with Somalia, in what is blamed on Al Shabaab militants. Read more »
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East Africa: Al-Shabaab's Attacks Come Amid Backdrop of West's Waning Interest
The Conversation Africa, 15 January 2020
Two significant attacks have been carried out by al-Shabaab in recent weeks. On 6 January 2020, the Somali-based terrorist group attacked a Kenyan military base close to the former… Read more »
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East Africa: Amisom and U.S. Warn of Al-Shabaab's Resilience, Weaponry
Nation, 12 January 2020
Amisom and US Africa Command (Africom), who are security partners in Somalia, have warned that Al-Shabaab have built sufficient resilience and weaponry to keep launching deadly… Read more »
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Africa: 10 U.S. House Members Raise Concern About Potential Reduction of Forces in Africa
U.S. House of Representatives, 14 January 2020
House Armed Services Committee Vice Chair Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) and a bipartisan group of 10 lawmakers, sent a letter to Defense Secretary Mark Esper expressing their concerns… Read more »
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Somalia: Al-Shabaab Attacks Killed 4,000 in Past Decade, Says Data-Gathering Group
VOA, 16 January 2020
Somali militant group al-Shabab recently said it does not intentionally target Muslims – but a new report indicates that whatever its intentions, the group has a lot of… Read more »
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The National Intelligence and Security Agency says, in a report, that there was foreign involvement in the Mogadishu bombing that left scores dead. But opposition leader ... Read more »
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The death toll from a suicide bomb attack at a busy checkpoint in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, has risen to at least 80, but dozens of people are still missing. Read more »
