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Inside Al Shabaab: the extremist group trying to seize Somalia
Today, Kiran talks to Jamal about whether Al Shabaab is changing its tactics to appeal to a wider base – and whether the West is paying enough attention to these types of groups as Africa becomes the frontline of Islamic terrorism in the world.
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Al Shabaab forces ‘insidious’ in Somalia, says US ambassador
The US has announced that it will redeploy troops to Somalia to help in the fight against Al Shabaab.
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Inside Al Shabaab: The extremist group trying to seize Somalia
For more than fifteen years the extremist group Al Shabaab has been fighting a bloody insurgency in Somalia.
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Baby reunited with her father after Al-Shabaab bombing (Dubbed)
Deadly bombings at the hands of the Al-Qaida-affiliated Al-Shabaab group have now become tragically commonplace in Somalia.
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Baby reunited with her father after Al-Shabaab bombing
Deadly bombings at the hands of the Al-Qaida-affiliated Al-Shabaab group have now become tragically commonplace in Somalia.
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Ethiopia’s border fight: The war against al-Shabaab
While Ethiopia’s conflict rages in the north of the country, another enemy is looking to exploit the situation in the east.
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Al-Shabaab militants try food to win hearts and minds in drought
This year, East Africa has been hit by one of the worst droughts in recent decades. Nowhere more so than in Somalia, where the UN estimates that six million people are at risk of famine. Half the population live under the Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab, who are aiming to prove they too can provide for…
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Kenyan Muslims shield Christians in Al-Shabaab bus attack
Muslim passengers refused to distinguish themselves from the Christians, despite the demands of militants.
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Al-Shabaab and IS – changing allegiances in Somalia
A high-profile Al-Shabaab preacher has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group. Is it a sign of closer ties between the two Islamist militant groups, or a one off?
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UK jihadist Thomas Evans ‘killed with al-Shabaab’
British Muslim convert Thomas Evans is reported to have died fighting for the Islamist terror group al-Shabaab in Kenya.
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How al-Shabaab is dividing communities in northern Kenya
Al-Shabaab militants killed 148 non-Muslim students in the northern Kenyan town of Garissa last month. Jamal Osman finds that a growing number of Christian residents are now fleeing the community.
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Al-Shabaab: breeding fear among Kenya’s Christians
Al-Shabaab is using the aftermath of its deadly Garissa university attack to drive a wedge between Muslims and Christians and destabilise Kenya.
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Al-Shabaab threatens more Kenya attacks after college siege
Somali Islamist militants threaten to carry out more bloody attacks on Kenya after the group’s fighters killed nearly 150 people in an assault on a Kenyan university.
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Garissa attack: al-Shabaab says Kenyans should leave
Al-Shabaab says Garissa and Mombasa are “our land” and that Kenyans should leave, after Channel 4 News challenged the group to explain its attack on a university.
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Al-Shabaab Kenya college attack: at least 70 dead
Gunmen storm the Garissa University College compound in Kenya near the border with Somalia, killing at least 70 people in an attacked claimed by al-Shabaab.
