KENYA-SOMALIA: A risky intervention

Kenya’s military intervention to target Al-Shabab in Somalia is likely to worsen the plight of millions of food-insecure civilians and…

October 20, 2011 | by Hanad Askar

Kidnapped Frenchwoman dies in Somalia

 A disabled elderly Frenchwoman who was snatched from her beachfront home at a Kenyan resort island and taken to neighbouring…

October 19, 2011 | by Hanad Askar

Kenyan troops 100km inside Somalia

Hundreds of Kenyan troops ventured deep into Somalia on Monday to hunt Al Shabaab fighters blamed for a spate of…

October 17, 2011 | by Hanad Askar

Kenya takes terror fight to Somalia

Kenya says its forces will pursue militants into Somalia, following a spate of attacks in which four Europeans have been…

October 16, 2011 | by Hanad Askar

Kenya: to pursue kidnappers into Somalia

Kenya’s military will pursue Somali gunmen across the frontier who they say are responsible for a spate of kidnappings of…

October 15, 2011 | by Hanad Askar

Al-Qaeda donates food, money to Somalis

Islamist extremist group Al-Qaeda has donated food, money and clothes to Somalia in an apparent publicity push that shows its…

October 15, 2011 | by Hanad Askar