The UK-based charity Save the Children reports children as young as 11 and 12 are beheaded by Islamic insurgents operating in the Cabo Delgado province of north Mozambique. The agency said Tuesday that it’s hearing accounts of the deaths from families who are among nearly 670,000 people now displaced because…
The Kenyan police have named three men who are believed to be major recruiters of young Kenyans to the Islamist militant groups, in particular Somalia’s al-Shabab. The police report said that the three men were operating in Kenya but they are now based in Somalia, the BBC reported. One of…
The Namibian reported today that authorities in Namibia are working quickly to verify if terrorist cells linked to al-Qaeda and its offshoot, al-Shabab, are using the country as a foundation for their terrorist activities. The Namibian discovered that authorities in the country have been monitoring suspected terrorist activities and have…
The suicide bomber that killed 15 people in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Sunday is suspected to have been a German of Somali origin. The attack took place at the five-star Jazeera Palace Hotel. Al-Shaba has claimed responsibility for the attack; the group is linked to al-Qaeda. A number of…
A change in a country’s age structure can provide an opportunity for rapid economic growth. With Thailand and other East Asian tigers seizing this window a couple of decades ago, they are currently enjoying the fruits of their carefully planned policies. Africa, on the other hand, is yet to achieve…
June 25, 2015, two Kenyan police officers were freed after being abducted by the al-Shabab militant group and held for more than two years, police said in a statement. They were taken during an attack by the Islamist group in north-eastern Garissa county which is close the border of Somalia,…
At least five people have been killed in an attack claimed by al-Shabab in the Somali capital, Mogadishu on Friday July 10. The militants attacked two hotels, the Wehliya and Siyaad, said the BBC, which are reportedly among some of the best known hotels in the city. Moalimi Mohammad of…
At least 14 people have been killed and 11 injured in an al-Shabab attack on Tuesday July 7, 2015, in Mandera. The terrorist group targeted quarry workers in northern Kenya, they attacked two plots that are close one another and opened fire.