Turkey has denied al-Shababs allegations about Ankaras involvement in a recent operation by the US Navys special operation forces in Somalia. We deny these allegations completely," a Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesmansaid in an interview on Sunday. Al-Shabab spokesman, Abdulaziz Abu Musab, had claimed that the failed assault had been led by Britain ...

  Two police officers have been killed in an attack carried out by unknown gunmen on a police station in Kenyas northern town of Mandera, near Somalia. Regional police commander Charlton Mureithi said three people were also wounded in the attack, which was carried out at about 3:00 a.m. local time on Thursday. Witnesses said the gunmen ...

Kenyan officials say the government has launched an investigation into a four-day siege at a partly Israeli-owned shopping mall in Nairobi that killed at least 72 people and destroyed part of the complex. The officials said on Wednesday that US, British and Israeli agencies are helping the eastern African country in the probe. A day earlier, Kenyan ...

[caption id="attachment_52723" align="alignright" width="180"] Civilians flee from the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013.[/caption] The Somali prime minister has vowed to finish al-Shabab, which carried out a lethal attack against a shopping mall in Kenya. "We have over 17,000 AMISOM(African Union Mission in Somalia) troops ...

[caption id="attachment_51936" align="alignright" width="210"] Kenyan troops surround Nairobis Westgate shopping mall where a militant attack left at least 39 people dead and 150 more injured on September 21, 2013.[/caption] The Kenyan military says it has rescued "most" of the hostages who were held captive by Somalias al-Shabab fighters inside a ...

[caption id="attachment_52007" align="alignright" width="210"] Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) arrive on September 22, 2013 at the Westgate mall in Nairobi.[/caption] Heavy gunfire and explosions have been heard from Nairobis Westgate shopping mall as Kenyas security forces launch a final assault against Somali gunmen inside the complex. Witnesses said ...

[caption id="attachment_52007" align="alignright" width="210"] Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) arrive on September 22, 2013 at the Westgate mall in Nairobi.[/caption] The death toll from an attack by Somali militants on a Nairobi shopping mall has reached 59 as an unknown number of hostages are still being held in the Westgate center. Kenyas Interior ...

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says two nationals of his country, including a diplomat, are among the dozens of people killed in Saturdays attack in a partly Israeli-owned shopping mall in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Saturday that at least 39 people had been killed, including close members of his own ...

[caption id="attachment_51976" align="alignright" width="210"] People leave Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall (September 21, 2013)[/caption] Kenyan security officials say gunmen are still holding hostages inside a shopping mall in Nairobi where they have already killed dozens of people. The Kenya National Disaster Operation Center said that the attackers ...

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has strongly condemned Saturdays blatant attack on a Nairobi shopping mall that left dozens of people dead, vowing to hunt down and punish the perpetrators. The Kenyan president said in a televised address on Saturday night that at least 39 people had been killed, including close members of his own family, and more ...

[caption id="attachment_51936" align="alignright" width="210"] Kenyan troops surround Nairobis Westgate shopping mall where a militant attack left at least 39 people dead and 150 more injured on September 21, 2013.[/caption] Somalias al-Shabab fighters have claimed responsibility for Saturdays deadly attack in a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital ...