Tag: Al-Shabaab
November 27, 2020
US demands right to attack Islamist fighters gaining foothold in Kenya – The Times of London
America is seeking clearance to launch drone strikes against Islamic militants operating in Kenya, according to Pentagon sources, as part of efforts to counter jihadists’ growing reach into Africa.
December 28, 2017
Alternet : ‘Death Squads in Kenya’s Shadow War against al-Shabaab’
'The goal of the extrajudicial executions, according to Kiser, is to “exterminate and intimidate people believed to be associated with the Al Shabaab movement in neighboring Somalia.” Religious leaders told Kiser that Kenyan security forces “are targeting them unfairly for persecution if not indeed for summary execution,” though local authorities say they have intelligence linking imams to al-Shabaab'
February 10, 2017