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News Keydmedia Online | 12 May 2021

The Al-Qaeda-linked militant group was busy with Eid Al-Fitr celebrations on Wednesday as government forces retake towns.

News Keydmedia Online | 6 May 2021

The ambush attack began with heavy explosions, followed by gunfire after a fierce gunfight broke out between Kenyan defense forces [KDF] stationed in the camp and the Al-Shabaab fighters.

News Keydmedia Online | 21 April 2021

The exact casualty figures remained unclear as police launched an investigation into the attack.

News Keydmedia Online | 8 April 2021

In a statement posted on its affiliated online media, Al-Shabaab said it took briefly the control of the checkpoint then left, though the commanders of the military said they fought off the morning assault.

News Keydmedia Online | 4 April 2021

On its side, the Al-Qaeda-linked terror group claimed victory over the battle, saying it killed 47 soldiers and seized weapons, including artillery and ammunition. KON could not independently verify this claim.

News Keydmedia Online | 4 April 2021

Roble whose government has failed in the security and the fight against Al-Shabaab has expressed his “deepest sympathies to the families of the victims and wishes a speedy recovery to those injured”.  

News Keydmedia Online | 3 April 2021

The Somalia-based terrorist group Al-Shabaab has said it killed at least 47 soldiers in the simultaneous assaults on the two newly liberated areas in Lower Shabelle, the most militarized region in Somalia.

News Keydmedia Online | 25 March 2021

The attack comes amidst worsening security and political situation in the capital of the Horn of Africa nation.

News Keydmedia Online | 25 March 2021

There were no immediate comments from the security agencies on the shelling, which was targeted the airport, which is a key financial source for the weak UN-backed Somali government.

News Keydmedia Online | 17 March 2021

The hideouts of the Al-Qaida-linked militant group of Al-Shabaab are deep inside the mountainous ranges between Golis and Galgala, the extremists often launch their guerrilla war in Puntland.

News Keydmedia Online | 10 March 2021

Sources confirmed to KON that at least two Ugandan soldiers serving under AU mission were among those wounded in the bombardment after a mortar shell struck their living room in Halane base camp.

News Keydmedia Online | 7 March 2021

Moalim called on the Somali government and aid agencies to deliver immediate assistance to the residents in El-Waq district and in the surrounding villages who are starving to death.