Terrorism

• Police gun down Al Shabaab terrorist behind Mpeketoni attack

  
  18 hours ago
  Anti-terror police shoot dead wanted terrorist Hussein Said Omar in Bamburi, Mombasa; he was behind Mpeketoni attack.

• 3 killed, several houses torched by Al Shabaab militia in Lamu

  
  1 day ago
  Three people have been killed and several houses torched by suspected Al Shabaab militia in new attacks at Maleli, Lamu County.

• Terror suspect Jermaine Grant now implicates co-accused

  
  1 day ago
  British terror suspect Jermaine Grant has implicated his co-accused Fuad Abubakar Manswab in a bid to clear his name.

• Gunmen kill 17 in attack on Burkina Faso restaurant, people trapped

  
  5 days ago
  Suspected jihadists killed at least 17 people and wounded eight during a raid on a restaurant in Burkina Faso's capital, the communications minister said, as security forces sought to free people still trapped inside on Monday.

• Former Al-Shabaab deputy leader surrenders to Somali government

  
  6 days ago
  Former Al-Shabaab deputy leader Mukhtar Robow defected to the Somalia security forces following a bitter fight with militants in Abal location.

• Al shabaab in a major split over mistrust

  
  6 days ago
  Sharp division has led to infighting within the insurgent group resulting in the killings of many fighters accused of spying against militant group.

• Briton Jermaine Grant among prisoners who voted in Taita Taveta

  
  1 week ago
  Jermaine Grant, a British national is among scores of inmates who have voted in the August polls in Taita Taveta County.

• Three killed as Al Shabaab attack vehicles in Lamu

  
  2 weeks ago
  Three people were Wednesday killed after Al Shabaab militants attacked a passenger bus and a car at Nyongoro area in Witu, Lamu County.

• Hundreds of Islamic State corpses await repatriation from Libya

  
  3 weeks ago
  Seven months after Libyan forces defeated Islamic State in the coastal city of Sirte, hundreds of bodies of foreign militants still lie stored in freezers as authorities negotiate with other governments to decide what to do with them, local officials say.

• Why raids are a cause for worry as Al Shabaab changes face

  
  3 weeks ago
  The militants faction, ‘Jeysh Ayman,’ is composed of Kenyans who launch attacks in the country as they understand the terrain.

• Lamu court jails Al Shabaab member for 70 years

  
  1 month ago
  A man police claim trained with Al Shabaab in Boni forest in Lamu has been jailed for 70 years after pleading guilty to three terrorism charges.

• PS El Maawy’s nephew still missing after Al-Shabaab attack

  
  1 month ago
  Public Works PS Mariam El Maawy’s nephew is still missing a day after they were abducted by Al-Shabaab militants at Milihoi, Lamu County.

• Five killed and PS El-Maawy injured in Lamu Al Shabaab attack

  
  1 month ago
  Elite security forces Thursday rescued Public Works Principal Secretary Mariam El-Maawy from suspected Al Shabaab militants who had taken her captive in a remote part of the volatile Lamu County.

• Students from Kikambala face terror charges

  1 month ago
  Five people were Thursday charged with recruiting students into the Al-Shabaab terror group.

• U.S. confirms it has lifted laptop ban on EgyptAir flights

  
  1 month ago
  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Wednesday it has lifted a ban on state-owned EgyptAir passengers using laptops on U.S.-bound flights, leaving just two Middle Eastern airlines still under restrictions first imposed in March.

• Police circulate photos of six most wanted men over terrorism

  
  1 month ago
  Police have circulated photographs of six men they say are wanted over terror and radicalization claims.

• Three Kenyans abducted by dreaded Mai-Mai rebels in DRC

  
  1 month ago
  Three Kenyan truck drivers and 21 Tanzanians have been kidnapped by rebels while heading to Namoya gold mine in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

• Pandaguo attack update: Two policemen dead, seven injured

  
  1 month ago
  Two police officers were killed and seven others injured as Al-Shabaab militants raided Pandaguo area, Lamu County in an early morning attack.