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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta signed into law a controversial anti-terror bill that sparked brawls in parliament and charges that it violates basic freedoms.
AL SHEBAB

President Kenyatta signs controversial anti-terror bill amid criticism

a law that promotes censorship and allows authorities to crack down on suspected terrorists, impeding on human rights, set to be passed in Kenya.

  • Sapa Afp
3 min read
Protesters participate in a demonstration for greater security after being hit by a wave of insurgent attacks by Islamist extremist group al-Shabab.
AL SHEBAB

Kenyan unions warn civil servants to leave amid ‘danger’ of attacks

Kenyan teachers’ union leader, Wilson Sossion, says that the lives of Kenyan civil servants are "clearly in danger" from insurgent attacks.

  • Peter Martell 1
3 min read
A spate of attacks in the Kenya’s coastal region has left nearly 60 people dead.
AFP

Governor arrested over Kenyan massacres

A governor and several other suspects have been arrested in connection with the coastal massacres in Kenya.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta signed into law a controversial anti-terror bill that sparked brawls in parliament and charges that it violates basic freedoms.
AL SHEBAB

Kenyatta blames ‘local political networks’ for Kenya attacks

President Uhuru Kenyatta says "hatemongers" carried out deadly raids on Mpeketoni and Poromoko, despite al-Shabab claiming responsibility.

  • Zoe Flood
3 min read
Somali youth armed with machettes and crude weapons fight during inter-ethnic clashes in Nairobi’s Eastleigh suburb.
AL SHEBAB

New violence erupts in Kenya’s north-east

Violence has broken out again in Kenya’s northeast, with eight people shot and wounded, a day after security forces cracked down on rioters.

  • Sapa Afp
2 min read
Al-Shabab has particularly profited from the illegal export of charcoal, said UN special representative for Somalia Nicholas Kay. (AFP)
AFRICAN UNION

Somalia: African Union secures strategic port

They might have been driven out of Somalia’s second city, but Islamist militant group al-Shebab have a plan B. Nastasya Tay reports.

  • Nastasya Tay
4 min read
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
AL QAEDA

Hillary Clinton kicks off African tour with swipe at China

Hillary Clinton has launched an 11-day tour of Africa by contrasting the US’s commitment to democracy with rival powers’ focus on exploitation.

  • David Smith
5 min read
A file photograph of al-Shabaab rebels. Al-Shabaab drafed hundreds of fighters from other regions this week to reinforce the port city of Kismayu.
AL QAEDA

Somalia’s al-Shebab execute CIA, MI6 ‘spies’

Somalia’s al-Qaeda linked al-Shebab insurgents have executed three members for "spying" for Western intelligence agencies.

  • Sapa Afp
1 min read