Topic: Al-Shabaab

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has said he will withdraw his troops from Somalia once African Union forces are there.. . "We expect the...
Kenya Airways has reported 15.4 per cent growth in international passenger numbers in the third quarter of 2011, shrugging off fears that the...
When Adm. Eric Olson, the former leader of U.S. Special Operations Command, wanted to explain where his forces were going, he would show audiences...
A truck bomb targeted an Ethiopian military base inside Somalia on Tuesday, and Islamist militants claimed responsibility for the attack.. An ...
An Al Shabaab agent packed his vehicle full of explosives and drove his car into a local government headquarters in Beledweyne, Radio Garowe...
The African continent is vulnerable to terrorism and other forms of organized criminality due to long history of intractable conflicts...
A seven-month-old Somali boy is treated in a field hospital of the International Rescue Committee in Dadaab, Kenya. Photograph: Schalk Van ...
On Tuesday night, U.S. special operations forces secretly entered Somalia and freed two humanitarian aid workers - one of whom, Jessica Buchanan...

Morning Brief: Egypt's parliament holds opening session

Egypt's parliament holds opening session Top story: The new Egyptian parliament began its work on Monday, and immediately became embroiled in a...
Preaching a theology of chaos and intolerance, the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group Boko Haram is threatening to plunge Nigeria into a civil war.....