Sources: BBC
Suspected Al-Shabaab gunmen abduct five government-appointed village chiefs in Kenya's Mandera County, who were en route to the border town of El Wak. The abducted chiefs were part of the preparation team for President William Ruto's visit to the region next week. 2025-02-3
Ten Al-Shabaab militants are killed during a raid by security forces in the village of Galmagala, Garissa County, Kenya, after the group killed five civilians in the region last week. Rocket-propelled grenades and improvised explosive devices are recovered. 2023-01-18
Six men are killed by suspected al-Shabaab militants in a village in Lamu County, Kenya, near the border with Somalia. 2022-01-3
Four children are killed in an al-Shabaab attack at a primary school in Garissa County, Kenya. 2020-01-7
Eight Kenyan security forces officers are killed after their vehicle hits a bomb in the country's east. Local authorities ascribe the killings to al-Shabaab. 2018-06-18
Thirteen Kenyan police officers are missing after an Al-Shabaab ambush in Garissa County. 2015-05-26
Gunmen in Kenya's port city of Mombasa kill Mohamed Idris, chairman of the Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya, who opposed the radical preachings of Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab insurgents. 2014-06-10
Al-Shabaab militants attack two Kenyan towns near the Somali border. 2013-09-26
A three-day national mourning period begins in Kenya for the victims of a four-day siege that began on September 21 when heavily armed Al-Shabaab militants stormed the Westgate shopping mall in the capital, Nairobi, killing 61 civilians and 6 soldiers. 2013-09-25
The presidents of Kenya, Somalia and Uganda meet in Nairobi to discuss coordinated military operations against the al-Qaeda-linked Somali terrorist group Al-Shabaab. 2011-11-17