Al-Shabaab Reportedly Launches Coordinated Attacks Across Northeastern Kenya – Somali Dispatch

Police Repel Suspected Militants Following Attack in Mandera – Axadle

Heavily armed attackers descended on Arabia town in Mandera County on Sunday evening, triggering an intense exchange of gunfire with security forces that ultimately drove them away. Senior intelligence officials in Mandera said security personnel engaged the assailants in a fierce firefight before forcing them to withdraw.  According to official reports, police officers and local […]

Al-Shabaab Reportedly Launches Coordinated Attacks Across Northeastern Kenya – Somali Dispatch

NAIROBI — (SD) Al-Shabaab fighters reportedly carried out a series of overnight attacks targeting Kenyan security positions across the northeastern counties of Wajir, Garissa and Mandera, in what appears to be a coordinated escalation along the Kenya-Somalia border. Local reports said militants attacked a military camp in Qorof Xarar, Wajir County, where heavy gunfire was reportedly heard during an exchange between the attackers and Kenyan secur…

Al-Shabaab launched a series of night-time attacks on military bases in northeastern Kenya.

Al-Shabaab is reported to have launched a series of attacks last night on positions and checkpoints by Kenyan security forces in Wajir, Garissa, and Mandera regions of the country’s northeast. Reports from the area indicate that Al-Shabab fighters attacked a military camp in Qorof Xaraar, Wajir county, with heavy gunfire heard during the assault. In […]

Heavily Armed Suspected Al-Shabaab Militants Launch Attack in Mandera

The northern parts of Kenya have remained under a security jeopardy due to the perennial attacks from the Al-Shabaab militia, with repeated calls to reopen the Kenya-Somalia Border.