Social media platforms have been offering messages of hope for those involved in the al-Shabab Westgate mall siege in Kenya.
Somalia’s al-Shabab militants have threatened to kill hostages they are holding in a Nairobi shopping mall as Kenyan troops move to end their siege.
An SA man from Cape Town has been killed in the al-Shabab shooting in Kenya, confirmed the department of international relations and co-operation.
Kenya’s special forces are still battling "one or two" Islamist militants holed up inside Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall.
Journalists at Westgate mall in Kenya have said that Sunday afternoon’s explosion was by far the largest in the 30-hour siege.
Security operations are continuing in Nairobi, where al-Shabab rebels have seized an upmarket mall following an attack which left 39 people dead.
Dozens have been killed after gunmen stormed a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, in an attack claimed by al-Shabab.
At least 18 people were killed in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday when two blasts ripped through a busy parking lot next to a restaurant.
Two South Africans have died in an al-Shabab attack on a United Nations compound in Somalia on Tuesday.
The South African government has expressed shock at the recent violent attacks in the Somali capital of Mogadishu.
Al-Shabab extremists in Somalia say they have executed a French agent who they held captive since 2009.
Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab has said they have decided the "fate" of a French intelligence agent they have held since 2009.
Al-Shabab insurgents have warned France of "bitter consequences" to a failed raid in Somalia which left two French soldiers and 17 "terrorists" dead.
French military helicopters have attacked a base belonging to al Shabaab insurgents in southern Somalia to rescue a French secret agent.
Iman Hassan reflects on her trip to Nairobi, and her dismay at finding that she and other Somalis are no longer welcome in her home country.
Seven people were killed and many more wounded when an explosive device was hurled at a packed minibus in a predominantly Somali area of Nairobi.
Two suicide bombers walked into a restaurant in central Mogadishu and killed at least 15 people on Thursday, police said.
Al-Shabab militants are advancing towards the port city of Kismayu, raising fears of a bloody clash with African Union soldiers.
Somalia’s new president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has survived an assassination bid after bomb blasts – claimed by al-Shabab – rocked a Mogadishu hotel.
The killing of a Muslim cleric, accused by the US and UN of supporting al-Qaeda-linked militants in Somalia, has sparked rioting by youths.
Painted signs, even of a policeman on a busy road, attest to growing trade and returning exiles in Somalia.
Three of Africa’s most dangerous militant groups are co-ordinating their operations and represent a deepening threat to security, the US has warned.
An offensive by Somalia’s Islamist al-Shabab fighters on Ethiopian troops has left many dead, as the country prepares to withdraw from the region.
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/ 24 December 2011
Somali officials say they are pleading with US authorities to persuade banks to reconsider a decision to block money transfers from Minnesota.
The department of home affairs is investigating reports that the slain head of al-Qaeda in East Africa was travelling on a South African passport.
Bomb attacks likely reaction to Uganda’s large presence in African Union force in Mogadishu.
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/ 16 September 2009
Senior members of Somalia’s insurgency have vowed revenge for a United States raid that killed a senior al-Qaeda commander.
On his return, Jamal Osman finds that fear rules in the country of his birth. He writes from Dhobley and says cooperation is not without its risks.