Al Shabab

Mogadishu:  An Al-Shabab commander surrendered to the Somali National Army (SNA) on Sunday in Wajid town in Bakool region, Southwest Somalia. Mohamed Nur, SNA officer told reporters that Mohamed Kulow Ali who was in charge of the terror…

Somalia-based, Al Qaeda-linked Islamist militant group Al Shabab on Sunday attacked a naval base used by Kenyan and US forces in Kenya's Lamu coastal region, reports said.

"This morning at around 5.30 a.m., an attempt was made to breach security at Manda Air Strip. The attempted breach was successfully repulsed," the Kenyan Defense Forces (KDF) said in a statement.