Containing Al-Shabab in Kenya doesn’t directly reduce the group’s standing inside Somalia

An attempt to target illegal immigrants and criminals in Kenya has left many Somali residents there feeling harassed.

What were the main events that led to the bloody attack on a Nairobi shopping mall? Here’s a timeline of the on-going drama.

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.

Kenya’s army chief is boasting that AU troops will soon seize the last key bastion of Somalia’s al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents.

A blast has struck a shopping centre in Nairobi, wounding 28 people but there was confusion over whether it was caused by a bomb or electrical fault.