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Kenya: Al-Shabaab Steps Up Kidnap of Experts to Aid Agenda
Nation, 12 April 2020
Somalia-based militant group Al-Shabaab has ramped up kidnappings as a way of beefing up its pool of professionals and gathering intelligence. Read more »
Al-Shabaab Wants to Kidnap Healthworkers to Aid Its Agenda
At least 11 people have been abducted in Mandera by suspected Al-Shabaab militants in the past year, according to security records. The militant group is reportedly targeting medics, teachers and security officers as a way of beefing up its pool of professionals and gathering intelligence.
Kenyan soldiers patrolling Kotile village on the border of Lamu and Garissa counties and towards Somalia (file photo).
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Somalia: U.S. Drone Strikes Spike Under Trump Administration
Nation, 12 April 2020
On February 25, the US government confirmed that it had carried out a precision air strike in which an individual associated with the attack on Manda Bay and his wife, also an… Read more »
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East Africa: How Crime Is Closely Linked to Al-Shabaab's Survival Strategy
The Conversation Africa, 8 April 2020
Most terrorist groups fold within three or so years of their first attack. Yet al-Shabaab is closing in on its 20th birthday. Despite active military campaigns from Somalia's… Read more »
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Somalia: Officials Confirm US Airstrike Killed Senior Al-Shabaab Leader
VOA, 8 April 2020
A Somali intelligence official has confirmed that a U.S. airstrike in southern Somalia killed a senior leader of militant group al-Shabab. Read more »
InFocus
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The group's leader Ahmed Diriye, in February reportedly attempted to expel the head of finance and intelligence operations Mahad Karate and the head of external operations Bashir ... Read more »
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The African Union Mission in Somalia has announced that they have captured Jannale, a town approximately 90km south-west of the capital Mogadishu that has been used as a hub for ... Read more »
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The U.S. has carried out 25 strikes thus far against Al-Shabaab in 2020, including the latest in the vicinity of Janaale in Somalia, the U.S., Africa Command has said. A U.S. ... Read more »
