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Kenya: Search on for booby-traps at Westgate mall
Explosives experts are searching for possible booby-traps in the wreckage of Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall after a four-day bloodbath.
Bin Laden warns of retaliation against Europe
Osama bin Laden demanded European countries pull their troops out of Afghanistan and warned in a new audiotape of ”retaliation” against them.
US kills al-Qaeda target in Somalia helicopter assault
US special forces carried out a revenge raid in Somalia that killed a top al-Qaeda commander high on the FBI’s most wanted terrorist list.
Somali militants use many tactics to woo Americans
Like many terror groups, al-Shabab uses Internet videos to draw disenfranchised young men into its fold.
What Obama can do for Africa
United States President Barack Obama’s visit can help African democracy if he curbs a misguided US belief in security by military force.
Somalia sinks deeper into despair
Zam Zam Abdi fled after being threatened with death. If she continued working for her women’s rights organisation she would be killed.
Somali Islamists capture port town
A radical Islamic group has seized another Somali port town, consolidating its control over a south-western region that borders the Somali capital.
Islamist rebels conduct raid on Somali airfield
Islamist insurgents briefly seized control of Somalia’s biggest military airfield on Friday and looted weapons, witnesses and an Islamist commander said. Muktar Ali Robow, leader…
Somali insurgency to intensify
The military wing of Somalia’s Islamist movement plans to intensify its offensive against government troops and their Ethiopian allies, a senior commander said on Sunday. Muktar…