Tag: Al-Shabaab
US sanctions Kenyan Bus Company, 15 others over Al-Shabaab financing
The US Department of Treasury has imposed sanctions on 16 companies and individuals for laundering money for the Al-Shabaab militant group.
The sanctioned companies include...
Kenya ATMIS troops in Somalia get new commander
The new contingent commander of Kenyan troops serving with the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATIMIS), Brig. Seif Salim Rashid, has officially assumed...
Somalia conflict: UN helicopter and passengers seized by al-Shabab
The Somali armed Islamist group al-Shabab has seized a United Nations helicopter, along with about eight people, both passengers and crew, local sources have...
War on terror intensifies as police arrest two suspects enroute to...
Police have apprehended four suspects who were heading to Somalia to join Al-Shabaab.
Abdirahman Shaffi Mkwatili aged 25 years and Sadam Jafari Kitia aged 30...
Gov’t to spend Ksh 20B on police equipment in fight against...
Interior Cabinet Secretary Prof. Kithure Kindiki has revealed that the government has set aside Ksh 20 billion for security operations to deal with the...
Police raid Al-Shabaab camp in Garissa, seize weapons
Kenyan security forces are pursuing suspected Al-Shabaab militants who escaped following a raid on their makeshift camp in Garissa county.
According to the National Police...