U.N. experts say the al-Shabab extremist group remains the greatest immediate threat to peace and stability in Somalia and the region, especially Kenya.

Kiunga is a division in the Lamu District of Coast Province located close to the Indian Ocean coast of northern Kenya, and ...

A judge sentenced a Kenyan national to two consecutive life sentences on Monday for plotting a plane attack reminiscent of ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Armed militants from Somalia raided a Kenyan police camp near the border, killed six reservists and seized weapons, Kenyan police said Sunday. Four other police reservists ...

A man affiliated with al-Shabaab, an al Qaeda group in Somalia, was sentenced to life in prison Monday for plotting to carry ...

Kenyan police on Tuesday repelled an overnight attack by al-Shabaab militants on a compound housing Chinese road workers in ...

Hundreds of Somali nationals living in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the US held a demonstration over the weekend in support of Kenyan troops that are currently deep inside Somalia hunting down Al Shabaab ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia's president says at least 180 Kenyan soldiers were killed in Somalia in an extremist attack on their base in January by al-Qaida affiliate al-Shabab. Hassan Sheikh ...

Since last Friday more than 2,000 Somali refugees have arrived in neighbouring Kenya seeking safety as Somalia's interim government and the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) fought for control of Buur Hakaba ...

MOGADISHU, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Somalia said on Friday it had lost confidence in Kenyan troops serving in an African Union (AU) peacekeeping force, in the latest sign of worsening relations between the ...

GARISSA, Kenya, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Kenyan and Somali troops jointly attacked al Shabaab hideouts in Somalia on Thursday, killing a number of the al Qaeda-linked Islamist militants, officials said.

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Ron Redmond – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 24 May 2002 UNHCR hopes to ...