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East Africa: Covid-19 Has Not Changed Terror Threats in East Africa, Africom Says
Nation, 5 August 2020
Terror threats on Kenya and the region remain as they were before the Covid-19 pandemic, the US Africa Command (Africom) has said.Violent extremist organisations like Al-Shabaab… Read more »
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Kenya: How to Shield Education From Al-Shabaab in Kenya's North East
Crisis Group, 22 July 2020
Al-Shabaab is targeting teachers in order to expel those it views as outsiders from majority-Muslim north-eastern Kenya. The government's response - to evacuate non-native tutors -… Read more »
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Somalia: International Community Asks Alshabaab to Ceasefire As Somalia Faces Corona Virus Pandemic
Dalsan Radio, 13 April 2020
Somalia's international partners* express their solidarity with the Somali people and government at all levels in facing the global pandemic of the coronavirus (COVID-19). They… Read more »
Covid-19 Has Not Slowed Terror Threats in East Africa - Africom
Violent extremist organisations like Al-Shabaab are still looking for opportunities that will emerge with the pandemic to accomplish their missions, the U.S. Africa Command's (Africom) Special Operations Head, Dagvin R.M. Anderson has said. While the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) slowed down activities to put in place measures to tackle Covid-19, its partners are now fully engaged in the fight against Al-Shabaab.
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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 ... Read more »
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Kenya has borne the brunt of Al-Shabaab attacks outside Somalia. Over the past decade, the group has attacked Kenya at least 30 times, leaving over 600 citizens and scores of ... Read more »
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