Al shabaab militants
Ethiopia says detains suspected Islamist militants planning attacks
Some of those arrested were carrying out intelligence work including photographing potential targets, according to the National Intelligence Security Services.
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Battle rages after Mogadishu hotel attack, death toll nears 30
Al-Shabaab fighters set off a bomb outside the Hotel Maka Al-Mukarama before retreating to an adjacent building, from where they fired on soldiers trying to enter.
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Six suspects in court over Nairobi hotel attack
A magistrate granted a request from the prosecution to detain four men and one woman for 30 days while investigations continue.
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Bomb kills 5 Kenyan soldiers near Somali border
The incident occurred on a dirt road a few kilometres from the border, between the coastal village of Kiunga, where there is an airstrip, and Sankuri.
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Al-Shabaab kill five police in northeast Kenya - official
Al-Shabaab are fighting to topple Somalia’s Western-backed central government and establish their own rule based on their strict interpretation of Islamic law.
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Death toll from Somali hotel attack rises to 29
The attack began around at 5 pm on Saturday when a car bomb rammed the gates of Nasahablod Two hotel.
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After Somalia's deadliest bombing, a brother's desperate search
The bombings were similar to others claimed by al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab insurgents although the militants have yet to claim Saturday’s attacks.
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Somalia’s top military chiefs resign, no reason given
Somalia has been at war since 1991, when clan-based warlords overthrew dictator Siad Barre and then turned on each other.
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7 dead after attack on checkpoint in Somalia's Puntland
The fighters then ambushed officers rushing in to help colleagues on the outskirts of the city of Bosaso, an officer at the scene told Reuters.
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Turkey opens military base in Mogadishu to train Somali soldiers
The facility can train and house 1,000 soldiers at a time and also has sports courts and a running track.
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Al-Shabaab bomb kills 12 in Somalia’s Puntland
The group, which is linked to al-Qaeda and wants to impose strict Islamic law, claimed responsibility.
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US air strikes kill 7 al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia - US military
Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab has allied with al-Qaeda and frequently bombs military and civilian targets in Somalia’s capital and other cities.
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Car bomb kills at least one in centre of Somali capital
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, though the Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab has launched frequent attacks in the city.
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Somalia says kills senior al-Shabaab commander in raid
It is the second raid carried out with foreign troops in the last two months that has killed senior members of al-Shabaab.
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African Union troops ambushed in Somalia, official says 24 dead
Abdiasis Abu Musab, Al-Shabaab's military operations spokesman, said: “We have in hand 39 dead bodies of AU soldiers including their commander.”
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Car bomb kills seven at police station in Somali capital – police
The blast came despite thousands of security personnel, including police, intelligence and military, being assigned to secure Mogadishu earlier this month.
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20 people being held hostage in Somalia’s capital after suicide bomb attack
Security officials said the suicide attacker had rammed the explosive-laden car into the hotel’s entrance before gunmen stormed the restaurant.
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2 more Kenyan police die in latest roadside bombing
This brings the number of Kenyan security officials killed by roadside bombs to 11 over the past two days.
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Somali Islamists kill 8 Kenyan officers with roadside bombs
Al-Shabaab claimed both that attack and an earlier one further south in Liboi, also close to the border.
