Al-shebab

Somalia security forces have killed 65 Al-Shebab Islamic insurgents who attacked coastal towns in the semi-autonomous Puntland area in the country's northeast, the regional army chief said on Monday.

Gunmen executed nine people in Burundi's capital hours before police launched house-to-house searches for weapons today, amid international fears of fresh bloodletting in the central African nation.

Militants from Somalia's Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab group rammed a suicide car bomb into an African Union army base early Tuesday and stormed inside, an official and witness said.

President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the United States stood with Africa to defeat terrorism and end conflict, warning that the continent's progress will "depend on security and peace".

At least six people were killed today when a suspected car bomb exploded at a heavily guarded hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu housing diplomatic missions and frequented by government officials and international workers.

Islamic militants have claimed responsibility for the assassination of a member of parliament on Friday in the semi-autonomous northern Somalia state of Puntland.

Residents of Somalia's capital on Thursday condemned as "collective punishment" Kenya's shutting down of money transfer services over suspected links to the Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab.

Gunmen on Monday shot dead a top Ugandan state prosecutor whose cases include the trial of 13 men accused of involvement in Al-Shebab bomb attacks that killed 76 people in 2010, police said.

At least 10 people have died in an attack by Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militants on a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, Somali security officials said on Friday.

The US military has carried out an air strike against an al-Shebab militant in Somalia and is checking whether the senior figure was killed in the operation, the Pentagon said Friday.

Kenyan lawmakers investigating alleged security failings during the deadly assault on Nairobi's Westgate mall by Islamist gunmen were due to meet today, as leaders gathered to commemorate the 67 killed.

A Frenchman caught up in the Nairobi mall attack who survived by hiding for five hours in his bank said on Wednesday he had an overpowering desire to kill the militants when he saw a child's corpse.

Somalia security forces have killed 65 Al-Shebab Islamic insurgents who attacked coastal towns in the semi-autonomous Puntland area in the country's northeast, the regional army chief said on Monday.

Gunmen executed nine people in Burundi's capital hours before police launched house-to-house searches for weapons today, amid international fears of fresh bloodletting in the central African nation.

Militants from Somalia's Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab group rammed a suicide car bomb into an African Union army base early Tuesday and stormed inside, an official and witness said.

President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the United States stood with Africa to defeat terrorism and end conflict, warning that the continent's progress will "depend on security and peace".

At least six people were killed today when a suspected car bomb exploded at a heavily guarded hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu housing diplomatic missions and frequented by government officials and international workers.

Islamic militants have claimed responsibility for the assassination of a member of parliament on Friday in the semi-autonomous northern Somalia state of Puntland.

Residents of Somalia's capital on Thursday condemned as "collective punishment" Kenya's shutting down of money transfer services over suspected links to the Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab.

Gunmen on Monday shot dead a top Ugandan state prosecutor whose cases include the trial of 13 men accused of involvement in Al-Shebab bomb attacks that killed 76 people in 2010, police said.

At least 10 people have died in an attack by Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militants on a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, Somali security officials said on Friday.

The US military has carried out an air strike against an al-Shebab militant in Somalia and is checking whether the senior figure was killed in the operation, the Pentagon said Friday.

Kenyan lawmakers investigating alleged security failings during the deadly assault on Nairobi's Westgate mall by Islamist gunmen were due to meet today, as leaders gathered to commemorate the 67 killed.

A Frenchman caught up in the Nairobi mall attack who survived by hiding for five hours in his bank said on Wednesday he had an overpowering desire to kill the militants when he saw a child's corpse.