4 construction workers shot dead in northern Kenya near the border with Somalia
6 months, 2 weeks ago

4 construction workers shot dead in northern Kenya near the border with Somalia

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Gunmen in northern Kenya fatally shot four construction workers at a hospital site near a refugee camp and the border with Somalia where a militant group is active, police said Saturday. A group of eight workers were resting on Friday when they were attacked, leaving four shot dead at close range, a police official who declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the issue told The Associated Press. The hospital construction site is near Kenya’s largest refugee camp, Dadaab, and the border with Somalia where the al-Shabab militant group is based. Northern Kenya has in recent days seen violence that has left several people dead in different locations.

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Kenya violence: Five shot dead as protesters breach Kenya’s parliament
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Kenya violence: Five shot dead as protesters breach Kenya’s parliament

The Hindu  

Five persons were shot dead and 31 wounded on June 25 during protests in Kenya over proposed tax hikes, as crowds opposed to proposed tax hikes breached barricades to enter the parliamentary complex where a fire erupted. "Police have shot four protesters, as witnessed by KHRC, killing one," the Kenya Human Rights Commission said in a statement on X. Shortly …

A Kenyan military helicopter has crashed near Somalia, and sources say all 8 on board have died
1 year, 3 months ago

A Kenyan military helicopter has crashed near Somalia, and sources say all 8 on board have died

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — A military helicopter crash in Kenya near the border with Somalia has killed at least eight people, officials said Tuesday. Kenyan defense forces operate in the area to help deter al-Qaida-linked extremists from the al-Shabab group, based across the border in Somalia. A defense and a police officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not …

Kenyan doctors say civilians were shot, and some killed, while running from police during protests
1 year, 4 months ago

Kenyan doctors say civilians were shot, and some killed, while running from police during protests

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Doctors in Kenya say the bullet wounds that civilians received during opposition protests in two counties last month show that most were shot while running from police or trying to surrender, according to a report released Friday. The report by the Kenya Medical Association, Amnesty International Kenya and the Law Society of Kenya looked at three days …

A man lies in a Kenya morgue. His family says he’s one of at least 35 shot dead by police this month
1 year, 5 months ago

A man lies in a Kenya morgue. His family says he’s one of at least 35 shot dead by police this month

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — At the morgue, the bullet was still lodged in Douglas Kalasinga’s head. At least 35 civilians have been shot dead by police in Kenya this month during protests over new taxes and the rising cost of living, and Kalasinga’s loved ones believe he’s one of them. Human rights organizations expressed concern over the police killings, arbitrary arrests …

Police in Kenya open fire amid protests against new taxes. At least 2 are killed and 26 wounded
1 year, 5 months ago

Police in Kenya open fire amid protests against new taxes. At least 2 are killed and 26 wounded

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Police in Kenya opened fire amid opposition-organized protests on Wednesday against the rising cost of living, and health workers and witnesses said at least two people were shot dead and 26 others wounded. President William Ruto had vowed that no protests would take place, saying he would take opposition leader Raila Odinga “head-on.” In the western city …

Suspected militants from Somalia kill 5 people in Kenya border village
1 year, 5 months ago

Suspected militants from Somalia kill 5 people in Kenya border village

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Five people have been killed in a Kenyan border village, fueling concerns that such attacks are increasing after a decline. Lamu County has been attacked two other times in the last two weeks, with both incidents targeting Kenya Defense Forces running a security operation in the area and leaving four of them dead. In Kenya’s north, Mandera, …

Five civilians killed, some ‘beheaded’, in southeast Kenya
1 year, 6 months ago

Five civilians killed, some ‘beheaded’, in southeast Kenya

Al Jazeera  

The attack by al-Shabab occurred in villages that border Somalia, an area where the group often carries out raids. Five civilians have been killed by armed assailants who attacked two villages in southeast Kenya, police said. Police described the incident as a “terrorist attack”, a phrase they typically use to refer to incursions by Somalia’s al-Shabab group. Lamu is near …

Eight Kenyan police killed in suspected al-Shabab bombing
1 year, 6 months ago

Eight Kenyan police killed in suspected al-Shabab bombing

Al Jazeera  

Eight killed in Garissa county in eastern Kenya, a region on the border with Somalia. Eight Kenyan police officers were killed when their vehicle was destroyed by an improvised explosive device in a suspected attack by Somalia-based rebel group al-Shabab, police said. “We lost eight police officers in this attack,” North Eastern Regional Commissioner John Otieno said. In Somalia itself, …

Somalia: Several soldiers killed in Al-Shabaab attack on army base
1 year, 9 months ago

Somalia: Several soldiers killed in Al-Shabaab attack on army base

Firstpost  

Mogadishu: Al-Shabaab militants on Tuesday attacked a military base in a Somali town recently recaptured from the Islamists, killing several soldiers, according to local army officials. Somali army officers said the militants used explosive-laden vehicles to mount an attack on the base before they were repelled. Another officer Sugow Abdi, who was among the troop reinforcements sent to the base, …

Suspected extremists attack police in northern Kenya; 3 dead
2 years ago

Suspected extremists attack police in northern Kenya; 3 dead

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Three people, including two police officers, were killed Wednesday morning in an attack by al-Shabab extremists in northern Kenya, Kenyan police have announced. The victims were in a police vehicle when they were attacked between the Hayley Lapsset Camp and Garissa town, northeastern Kenya police chief George Seda said in a statement. Police say intelligence reports show …

Al-Shabab gunman kills 3 Kenyan peacekeepers in Somalia
2 years, 1 month ago

Al-Shabab gunman kills 3 Kenyan peacekeepers in Somalia

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — A lone gunman entered a military base in Somalia and killed at least three Kenyan peacekeepers Monday, the latest attack by extremist fighters who oppose the presence of foreigners in the Horn of Africa nation, according to Kenya’s military. The gunman fired his rifle indiscriminately, wounding five other soldiers before he was gunned down, said a Kenyan …

Somalia: Several casualties reported as Al-Shabab terrorists attack African Union military base
2 years, 7 months ago

Somalia: Several casualties reported as Al-Shabab terrorists attack African Union military base

Firstpost  

AU forces dispatched helicopter gunships after the pre-dawn car bomb and gun attack on a camp housing Burundian peacekeepers near Ceel Baraf, a village about 160 km northeast of the capital Mogadishu Mogadishu: Heavily armed Al-Shabaab jihadists stormed an African Union base in Somalia on Tuesday, triggering a fierce firefight that left an unknown number of casualties, a local military …

Somalia: Three dead as al-Shabab attacks AU peacekeepers camp
2 years, 7 months ago

Somalia: Three dead as al-Shabab attacks AU peacekeepers camp

Al Jazeera  

The al-Shabab attack comes amid a protracted political crisis in Somalia and a drought crisis in the Horn of Africa. The armed group al-Shabab has attacked an African Union mission troop camp in the Shabelle region in central Somalia, a local elder and the group have said. “The Mujahideen launched a pre-dawn raid on an ATMIS military base in El …

Somalia: Five dead in attack on military base near airport
2 years, 9 months ago

Somalia: Five dead in attack on military base near airport

Al Jazeera  

The al-Qaeda-linked armed group al-Shabab has said it was behind the attack at the camp near Mogadishu airport. At least five people, including two of the attackers, were killed during a raid by armed fighters on an army base near the Somali capital’s international airport, a diplomatic memo said. “Security Forces have shot dead two armed terrorists who attempted to …

Seven Kenyan soldiers killed in jihadi ambush in Lamu county
3 years, 7 months ago

Seven Kenyan soldiers killed in jihadi ambush in Lamu county

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — A Kenyan police official says that seven soldiers have been killed and one is missing in Lamu county after a bomb and ambush by Islamic extremist al-Shabab rebels from neighboring Somalia. The military had said that the soldiers were on routine duty in the Baure area of Lamu county were attacked Tuesday morning after their vehicle ran …

Suspected extremist in Kenya’s east blow up truck killing 2
3 years, 7 months ago

Suspected extremist in Kenya’s east blow up truck killing 2

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — At least two people were killed near Kenya’s eastern border with Somalia when the vehicle they were travelling in ran over an explosive device suspected to have been planted by the extremist al-Shabab rebels, officials said Tuesday. It is the second attack in two months targeting vehicles delivering supplies to a construction site where Kenya is building …

Suspected extremists abduct 3 non-Muslims in Kenya’s north
4 years, 3 months ago

Suspected extremists abduct 3 non-Muslims in Kenya’s north

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Officials in Kenya say three non-Muslim bus passengers were abducted by suspected Islamic extremists in Kenya’s northern Mandera county that borders Somalia. He said it’s not clear why the bus did not have a police escort, a requirement for commercial transport traveling in Mandera county which has been hard hit by violence from Somalia’s extremists. In December …

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