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Suspected Al-Shabaab terrorist nabbed in Turkish capital

Suspected Al-Shabaab terrorist nabbed in Turkish capital
BY:ANADOLU AGENCY A suspected al-Shabaab terrorist was arrested in the Turkish capital Ankara, security sources said on Wednesday. The suspect, who was learned to have operated in Kenya, was nabbed in a joint operation by police and the National Intelligence Organization (MIT), said the source on...

More trade with Kenya would win Somaliland recognition

By KOIGI WA MWERE Horndiplomat-Currently there is an economic crisis in Meru County because Kenyan miraa is banned in Somalia in retaliation for the closure of the Dabaab Refugee Camp. It is also banned in the UK, the European Union by al Shabaab upon unscientific claims...

One killed in Al-Shabaab ambush in Kenya’s Lamu

LAMU, Kenya  (Xinhua) -- At least one civilian was killed and unknown number of police officers injured after suspected Al-Shabaab terrorists ambushed a convoy of commuter buses in Kenya's coastal Lamu region on Saturday. Mwenda Njoka, the Ministry of Interior spokesman, confirmed the incident, saying...

Tillerson feeling better, will resume work in Kenya after canceling Saturday events

By Faith Karimi and Elise Labott, CNN US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will resume his normal schedule on Sunday after canceling his Saturday schedule of events due to illness. Tillerson arrived in Nairobi on Friday as part of a five-nation tour of Africa that includes Ethiopia, Chad,...

Kenya: life sentence for driver implicated in kidnapping of two Cuban doctors

Cuban doctors Assel Herrera (left) and Landy Rodríguez (right), kidnapped on April 12, 2019 in Kenya, presumably by militants of the extremist group Al-Shabaab. Photo: Escambray/Archive
By:OnCuba A Kenyan court sentenced the driver of the vehicle in which the two Cuban doctors who were kidnapped were traveling, during 2019, to life in prison after convicting him of collaborating in their abduction. The incident took place...

Global conservation networks raised over cheetahs smuggling ring

12 cheetah cubs rescued from an illegal smuggling trade in Somaliland
By Caroline Chebet for The Standard in Kenya   Conservationists warn more than 300 cheetah cubs captured from the wild each year in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia. Fewer than 7,500 remain globally Global conservation networks raised Alarm the intensifying smuggling of cheetahs trafficked out of East Africa...

Foreign interests blamed in escalating row with Somalia

BY: DAILY NATION The Kenyan government is making fresh efforts to negotiate with Somalia as a way of ending the maritime conflict between the two countries after the collapse of previous talks, senior government officials have told the Sunday Nation. CORPORATIONS Kenya is also set to file...

Kenya:Uhuru, DP Ruto happy with Raila’s decision

President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto say the October 26 presidential repeat election will go on whether Nasa leader Raila Odinga participates or not. Addressing a rally at Voi Stadium, Taita-Taveta County, the Jubilee leaders, who were there to seek support ahead of...

Kenya or Somalia: Who owns the sea?

By:Friederike Müller-Jung / abj For years, Kenya and Somalia have argued over where their maritime boundary in the Indian Ocean runs. The International Court of Justice in The Hague could now decide who owns the sea, a decision that will only suit one. A narrow triangle...

Three Kenyan girls return home after escaping ISIS captivity in Libya

Three girls who had left Kenya to join ISIS in Libya have been brought home. The three girls, Firthoza Ali Ahmed, Aisha Mafudh Ashur and Tawfiqa Dahir Adan, were rescued in the streets of Cairo, Egypt trying to find their way to the Kenyan Embassy...