Kenya claims one of university gunmen is son of government official
Interior ministry says Abdirahim Abdullahi part of al-Shabaab attack in Garissa, as churches across country use armed guards to protect Easter congregation ...
View ArticleGunmen kill at least 29 in two attacks on Kenyan coast
Gunmen killed at least 29 people in raids on two separate areas on the Kenyan coast, the interior ministry said today. The Somali Islamist militant group al Shabaab, which attacked the Westgate...
View ArticleKenyan president blames 'local political networks' for coastal attacks
Uhuru Kenyatta says 'hatemongers' carried out deadly raids on Mpeketoni and Poromoko, despite al-Shabaab claiming responsibility ...
View ArticleGunmen slaughter 36 in fresh northeast Kenya attack
NAIROBI: Gunmen have massacred at least 36 quarry workers in a fresh attack in Kenya's northeast, police and the Red Cross said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of strikes in the troubled region...
View Article>Gunmen kill female tourist on Kenya coast
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A female tourist was shot dead in the coastal town of Mombasa, the second foreigner shot in same area this month, police officials said Thursday. Two men, one armed with a pistol,...
View ArticleBriton among al-Shabab dead in Kenya, forensic tests expected to confirm
15 June 2015 From the section Beds, Herts & Bucks Kenya's defence forces believe Thomas Evans, 25, from Buckinghamshire, is among those who died Forensic tests are expected to confirm...
View ArticleGunmen kill 29 on Kenyan coast
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View ArticleGunmen kill 50 in Kenya
Mpeketoni, Kenya - Somali-linked Islamists have killed at least 50 people in a Kenyan coastal town, executing men in front of their families and killing others who had gathered to watch World Cup...
View ArticleAl Shabaab 'Not To Blame For Kenya Attacks'
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta says al Shabaab militants are not to blame for two attacks that killed 64 people, despite the terror group claiming responsibility for the deadly raids. The...
View ArticleKenyan families flee coastal areas after gunmen attacks
MOMBASA Kenya (Reuters) - About 500 families in the northern coastal region of Kenya have fled to nearby camps or left the area after gunmen killed 29 people over the weekend, Kenya Red Cross said, the...
View ArticleGunmen kill 29 in Kenya
Gunmen killed at least 29 people in raids on two separate areas on the Kenyan coast, the interior ministry said. The Somali Islamist militant group al Shabaab, which attacked the Westgate shopping mall...
View ArticleKenya says kills al Shabaab commander and possibly militant Briton
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's army said it killed a regional commander from Somalia's al Shabaab group, and possibly also a Briton who joined the militants, in fighting over the weekend. Eleven Somali...
View ArticleKenya: Attackers raid police stations and hotels in Lamu county
Country sees drop in tourist numbers as violence continues to blight some areas ...
View ArticleSon of Kenyan government official among Garissa gunmen
The son of a Kenyan government official was one of the masked gunmen who killed nearly 150 at a university last week, the interior ministry said on Sunday, as churches hired armed guards to protect...
View ArticleSon of Keynan government official among Garissa gunmen
The son of a Kenyan government official was one of the masked gunmen who killed nearly 150 at a university last week, the interior ministry said on Sunday, as churches hired armed guards to protect...
View ArticleKenya says it killed 100 attackers behind bus ambush that killed 28
Kenyan security forces have pursued and killed more than 100 militants and destroyed their camp in Somalia after the ambush of a Nairobi-bound bus that killed 28 people, Deputy President William Ruto...
View ArticleKenya university attack: Son of government official among gunmen at Garissa
Kenyan Muslim women wait in a queue to be checked by security the Islamic Conference in Nairobi on Sunday. Photo: AP Garissa: The son of a Kenyan government official was one of the masked gunmen who...
View ArticleTourist among dozens killed in Kenya
Kenyan police stand beside the wreckage of a burnt-out vehicle after gunmen attacked the police station in Gamba. Photo: AP Gunmen killed at least 29 people in raids on two separate areas on the Kenyan...
View ArticleKenya attack: Suspected al-Shabaab militants kill 48 people in Mpeketoni
At least 48 people were killed in Kenya on Sunday evening, after dozens of suspected Somali gunmen sped into the small coastal town of Mpeketoni in two minibuses, and shot World Cup spectators in a...
View ArticleGunmen raid Kenya’s coastal zones
Mombasa, Kenya - Gunmen killed at least 29 people in two coastal areas of Kenya in raids the deputy president indicated on Sunday were the work of political rivals, despite Somali Islamists al-Shabaab...
View ArticleGunmen kill at least 29, tourist shot dead in Kenya
Kenyan police stand beside the wreckage of a burnt-out vehicle after gunmen attacked the police station in Gamba. Photo: AP Gunmen killed at least 29 people in raids on two separate areas on the Kenyan...
View ArticleKenya attack: Al-Shabaab gunmen kills dozens during World Cup screening
The rubble left behind: A Mpeketoni man surveys the damage to his town. Photo: AP Mpeketoni: At least 50 people were killed when suspected Islamist gunmen in minibuses sped into a town on Kenya's...
View ArticleKenya quarry massacre leaves 36 dead, says Red Cross
Deadly raid comes against backdrop of hostilities between Islamist extremists al-Shabaab and Kenyan government ...
View ArticleOfficial’s son among Kenya university attackers
GARISSA, Kenya: The son of a Kenyan government official was one of the masked gunmen who killed nearly 150 at a university last week, the interior ministry said on Sunday, as Kenyan churches hired...
View ArticleKenyan President blames domestic foes, not Shabaab, for deadly attacks
NAIROBI, Kenya: Kenya's president said on Tuesday that lethal assaults over the past two days that left an estimated 63 people dead were the work of "local political networks," and were not carried out...
View ArticleMilitants raid army base, village in Kenya
MOMBASA: Suspected Shebab gunmen raided a Kenyan military base and briefly took over a village on Sunday in the latest attacks highlighting the insecurity that plagues parts of the country. Both...
View ArticleKenya forces kill 11 Shabab militants
The Kenyan army has killed at least 11 militants from the Somalia-based Takfiri al-Shabab during a cross-border shoot-out in the troubled northeast of Kenya, a military spokesman says. Colonel David...
View ArticleIslamic militants raid army base and village in Kenya
MOMBASA: Suspected Shebab gunmen raided a Kenyan military base and briefly took over a village on Sunday in the latest attacks highlighting the insecurity that plagues parts of the country. Both...
View ArticleKenya says son of a government official was among gunmen in Garissa attack
GARISSA, Kenya - The son of a Kenyan government official was one of the masked gunmen who killed nearly 150 at a university last week, the interior ministry said on Sunday, as Kenyan churches hired...
View ArticlePolitics, not Islamists, behind Kenya attacks
Kenya's president shifted blame to domestic rivals on Tuesday (local time) for two attacks that killed 65 people on the coast and he dismissed claims of responsibility by Somali Islamist militants,...
View ArticleGunmen target hotels in deadly attack in Kenya
MOMBASA, Kenya - At least 48 people were killed when gunmen in two minibuses sped into a town on Kenya's coast, shooting soccer fans gathered to watch a World Cup match in a television hall and...
View ArticleGunmen 'Kill 15' In Second Kenya Attack
Islamist gunmen have killed at least 15 people in a night-time raid on Kenya's coast just 24 hours after an attack left at least 50 dead, police have said. Somalia-based militant group Al Shebaab...
View ArticleSomali Islamists attack Kenya military base, 11 militants, two soldiers dead
MOMBASA, Kenya: Eleven Somali al Shabaab militants and two Kenyan soldiers were killed when the al Qaeda-linked fighters attacked a military base on Kenya's northern coast near to the Somali border on...
View ArticleSomali Islamists attack military base in Kenya, 11 militants, two soldiers...
By Joseph Akwiri MOMBASA (Reuters) - Eleven Somali al Shabaab militants and two Kenyan soldiers were killed when the al Qaeda-linked fighters attacked a military base in Kenya's northern coastal Lamu...
View ArticleKenya says German citizen among gunmen who attacked military base
A German citizen was among gunmen from the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab who attacked a military base on Kenya's northern coast on Sunday, the Kenyan interior ministry said on Friday. Eleven Somali...
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