Passenger van was traveling from area with community of ethnic Somalis to city center
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Nairobi Westgate Mall Attacker ID’d as Somali Refugee
One of the four men who killed 67 people at a Kenyan mall
A Tale of Two Jihadis: What We Know About the U.S.’s Africa Terror Targets
In the days following U.S. comando raids in Libya and Somalia, new details emerge about the targets and how the operations unfolded
Report: Navy Seals Aborted Somalian Raid Because Children Were Present
The covert operation was intended to capture a terrorist there
After Botched U.S. Raid, Somalis Fear Looming War With Al-Shabab
On Oct. 5, the same day the U.S. whisked leading al-Qaeda operative, Anas al-Liby, from his home in the Libyan capital to a suspected holding cell aboard a ship in the Mediterranean, it tried a similarly audacious operation in …
Kenyan Muslim Cleric Shot Dead, Unrest Feared
Gunmen in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa shot dead a popular Muslim cleric who preached at a mosque linked in the past to Somali Islamist militants, police said on Friday, Reuters reports.
Ibrahim Omar and three other people were shot as they drove home on Thursday night after preaching, the BBC says. The apparent assassination comes …
Hunt Is on for the “White Widow” After Kenya Terrorist Attack
Interpol has issued an arrest notice for Samantha Lewthwaite, the fugitive British national who has been dubbed the “white widow.” The international police agency says the notice was issued at the request of Kenya, where she …
Kenya Sees in Terrorist Attack the Long Hand of al-Qaeda
With the standoff between a group of terrorists and Kenyan government forces at Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall officially over, the Kenyan government and its foreign allies are intensifying their efforts to find out who the …
Militants Claim Kenya Mall Rescuers Buried Hostages with Explosives
Government denies the charge
Kenyans Fearful, Defiant as Nairobi Mall Attack Appears to Wind Down
As the standoff at an upscale Nairobi mall between Islamist terrorists and the Kenyan security forces comes to a close, the people of the city are trying to make sense of what has happened and are adjusting to a new sense of …
The Security Lapses That Led to the Nairobi-Mall Terrorist Attack
As Kenyan security forces fought a fierce gun battle against al-Shabab militants at Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall on Monday, trying to break the three-day hostage siege, some wondered how the country’s intelligence and …
Kenya Defense Forces Have Taken Control of Westgate Mall, Trapped Militants
The Kenya Defense Forces say they have regained control of Westgate Mall Monday morning, two days after it was attacked by alleged al-Shabab terrorists Saturday.
The KDF …
Al-Shabab Militants Threaten to Kill Remaining Hostages in Nairobi Mall
Kenyan crisis enters its third day with 68 dead and more than 170 injured