Five police officers were killed Thursday when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in northeastern Kenya, a day after two separate IEDs killed eight officers, a regional security official said. “The five police officers killed in the attack were headed to boost the ongoing operation in Liboi,” said North Eastern regional coordinator Mohamud Ali Saleh … Read more
The school in north-eastern Kenya attacked by gunmen earlier is currently under heavy security. Four men stormed the Abakore high school in Wajir county at 11:00 local time (08:00 GMT) and started firing, several students at the school told the BBC. Hundreds of students were sitting for their exams at the time. The attackers hit … Read more
A man was shot dead after stabbing a policeman guarding the perimeter wall of the U. S. Embassy in Nairobi and trying to take his gun, a Kenyan police official said Thursday. The policeman who had been stabbed opened fire in self-defense and killed the attacker, said Vitalis Otieno, the officer in charge of the … Read more
At least 12 people have been killed in an attack in Kenya claimed by Somalia-based militant Islamist group al-Shabab. The target was a guesthouse hosting members of a theatre group who were performing plays in schools in the north-eastern town of Mandera. Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has called the attack “heinous”. In Somalia, the militants … Read more
At least 12 people have been killed in an attack in Kenya carried out by Somalia-based militant Islamist group al-Shabab. Police in the Kenyan border town of Mandera said the attackers used explosives during the overnight attack. The target was a guesthouse hosting members of a theatre group who were in the town for performances … Read more
Despite Kenya making major strides in the war against terror, al Shabaab still remains the biggest threat to the nation, Chief of Defense Force General Samson Mwathathe has said. Mwathethe on Friday said more troops are being deployed across Kenya-Somali border to counter al Shabaab and emerging ISIS threats in the country. The KDF boss … Read more