More than 145 witnesses have testified in the Westgate trial in which four men are accused of conspiracy to commit terrorist acts. At least 67 people were killed and hundreds more injured in the attack on September 21, 2013. The case was pending for four and a half years. Yesterday, the prosecution closed its case... Continue Reading →
Al Shabaab militants are on a go-slow following compensation disagreements. Reports reaching Epuka Ugaidi indicate that the militants are now boycotting operations within the camp and they have even begun forming factions under new leaders. The outfit has been experiencing deep divisions within the Shura Council; the governing section of the militia group that is... Continue Reading →
Cases of missing persons in North Eastern region have been on the rise in recent days. Intelligence reports are now pegging these disappearances to Al Shabaab activities in the part of the country. Following reports that Kenyans are being assassinated for spying allegations and backing of the Islamic state, recruitment of Kenyans in the group... Continue Reading →
Mercy Mwanaisha, a resident of Kilifi County recalls the last time she saw her fifteen-year-old son like it was yesterday. Christopher Bahati, a top student in a school only two miles away from his parent’s home disappeared two months ago after a games tournament. At first, the mother of four was convinced that his teenage... Continue Reading →
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) have pledged to strengthen their collaboration to effectively counter the threat posed by Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) to the country's stability. The pledge was made on Tuesday at a meeting between the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African... Continue Reading →
Ahmed Iman Ali, the once prolific face of propaganda for the Al Shabaab, is now a marked man. Reports out of Shabelle Somalia suggest that a manhunt is on for the self-exiled Shabaab commander after rumors became rife that he had been sighted near the small town of Hosingow in Southern Somalia. Ahmed Iman Ali... Continue Reading →
Al-Qaeda-linked rebels recently targeted a mostly Christian town in Syria, firing missiles and killing at least 10 people. Al-Masdar News reported, the jihadist rebels launched the attack last week in response to a large-scale build-up of Syrian army troops in northwest Syria. The bombings killed mostly women and children and severely wounded at least 20... Continue Reading →
Alex Ngige was born in 1989 to a family of 4 and was raised in Kayole estate, Nairobi County. He schooled up to class 8 and scored 356 marks out of 500 in his KCPE exams. Coming from a single parent family, his mother couldn't afford school fees for the bright student at the expense... Continue Reading →
The 9/11 attack that occurred in 2001 in NewYork came just three years after the attack on the US-Embassy in both Kenya and Tanzania. The attack was largely directed to the United States considering many casualties were citizens of US; however, it was also an assault on the whole world. The Al Qaeda attack led... Continue Reading →
