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Somali men parade as members of al Shabaab in the capital Mogadishu, March 5, 2011, as they prepare to fight government forces. The African Union’s peacekeeping force in Somalia (AMISOM) captured a key position from al Shabaab rebels in the capital, losing several troops in the fighting, REUTERS/Feisal Omar (SOMALIA – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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In this photo taken Saturday, April 4, 2015, Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) soldiers arrive at a hospital to escort the bodies of Al-Shabaab militants who attacked the Garissa University College campus on April 2, 2015 to be put on public view, in Garissa, Kenya. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Kenya says destroys two Al-Shabaab camps in Somalia
Nairobi, Reuters—The Kenyan air force has destroyed two Al-Shabaab camps in Somalia, it said on Monday, in the first major military response since the extremist group massacred students at a Kenyan university last week. Al-Shabaab denied the camps were hit, saying the...Caption:
Kenya Administration policemen arrive in a truck at Garissa University College in Garissa on April 4, 2015.
(Reuters/Goran Tomasevic)
Somali militants vow to turn Kenyan cities “red with blood”
Garissa, Kenya, Reuters—Somali militants vowed on Saturday to wage a long war against Kenya and run its cities “red with blood” after the group’s fighters killed nearly 150 people during an assault on a Kenyan university. In the worst bloodshed in...Caption:
Students of the Garissa University College take shelter in a vehicle after fleeing from an attack by gunmen in Garissa, Kenya, on April 2, 2015. (AP Photo)
Four dead, scores wounded as gunmen storm Kenyan university
Nairobi, Reuters—At least four people were killed and scores wounded on Thursday when masked gunmen stormed a university campus near Kenya’s border with Somalia, taking students hostage and exchanging fire with security forces over several hours. Police and...Caption:
Foreign security officers inspect wreckage at the scene of a suicide car bomb attack that targeted a United Nations convoy, outside the airport in Mogadishu, Somalia on December 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)