Recent developments, programme updates, and research findings from the CVE Research Hub and partners.
Jan. 17, 2022, The Star
At least 15 al-Shabaab militants have this evening been killed by security forces in Lamu following a successful raid at Bodhei area within the expansive Boni forest, Lamu East. The forces are part of the multi-agency team conducting an operation …
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Jan. 3, 2022, France 24
Six people have been killed and homes torched in an attack Monday by suspected Al Shabaab militants in Kenya's coastal Lamu region that borders Somalia, a local government official said.
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Nov. 22, 2021, Daily Nation
The Kitui game reserve is a lawless jungle teeming with everything from venomous snakes, dangerous outlaws to Al-Shabaab terrorists. It reportedly sees a flow of illegal migrants from Somalia, whose desperation sends them on perilous journeys to Nairobi across the …
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June 22, 2021, Chris Rogers and Mutuma Ruteere
For years, the United Nations secretary-general has called for the upholding and mainstreaming of human rights in counterterrorism, deeming it vital to maintaining U.N. and member States’ values and essential for counterterrorism to be effective. Yet from Kenya to the …
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March 23, 2021, The Star Kenya
Suspected Al Shabaab militants on Tuesday morning ambushed a water bowser ferrying water to the construction site of the Kenya-Somalia security border wall killing one person. The bowser which had two occupants on board; a driver and his assistant, ran …
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Jan. 7, 2020, The Star Kenya
Four students were killed during an attack by al Shabaab militants in Saretho area, Daadab subcounty on Tuesday. Security personnel including special forces managed to kill two al Shabaab militants and recovered two AK 47 riffles and two IEDs in …
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