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People gather around the wreckage of a car in Mpeketoni, in Lamu county along the Kenyan coast, on June 16, 2014, after 48 heavily armed gunmen attacked the town near the coastal island and popular tourist resort of Lamu the night before. (AFP Photo/Stringer)


Gunmen kill at least 48 in attack on Kenyan coast

Gunmen kill at least 48 in attack on Kenyan coast

Mombasa, Reuters—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 targeting hotels and a bank, police and witnesses said on Monday....
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Left to right, four Somali nationals Hussein Hassan Mustafah, Adan Dheq, Liban Abdullah Omar, and Mohamed Ahmed Abdi, who are charged with offenses related to September’s terrorist attack on Westgate Mall that killed at least 67 people, appear in court in Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. The trial of the four suspects arrested in conjunction with the mall attack and facing charges including harboring a fugitive and illegally registering as a Kenyan, opened in a Nairobi court on Wednesday, with two prosecution witnesses describing how the mall came under attack by four gunmen. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)


Somali militants moving into Kenya, official says

Somali militants moving into Kenya, official says

Nairobi, AP—Dozens of foreign fighters have defected from the Al-Qaida-linked militant group in Somalia due to internal disputes, and many of those men have moved into Kenya, a security official said. Since early last year Kenyan security officials have observed...
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A resident inspects the damage to their house after a mortar shell believed to be from the Muslim rebels’ position hit a residential house as government forces clash anew with remnants of Muslim rebels in Zamboanga City, on southern island of Mindanao on September 21, 2013. Philippine security forces killed eight Muslim rebels September 19, […]


The Rise of the Urban Guerrillas

The Rise of the Urban Guerrillas

[inset_left]Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban GuerrillaBy David KilcullenPublished by Hurst & Company368 pagesLondon, 2013[/inset_left]On September 21 this year—the International Day of Peace—David Kilcullen arrived in the United Kingdom to give a...

Official: Some refugees plan attacks from Kenya

Nairobi, AP—Some refugees fleeing insecurity from neighboring countries have abused Kenyan hospitality by planning terror attacks against the country, Kenya’s internal security minister said Friday, in an apparent reference to last month’s terrorist attack...

Military strike reported in southern Somali town

Mogadishu, AP—Foreign military forces carried out a pre-dawn strike Saturday against foreign fighters in the same southern Somalia village where US Navy SEALS four years ago killed a most-wanted Al-Qaeda operative, officials said. The strike was carried out in the...