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Al-Shabaab militants kill a village chief and a teacher in Garissa County, Kenya, near the border with Somalia, prompting police to deploy additional security forces and launch a multi-agency manhunt for the attackers.
2026-01-26

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

Four children are killed in an al-Shabaab attack at a primary school in Garissa County, Kenya.
2020-01-7

Multiple explosions and gunfire are reported after four armed men stormed the Dusit hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. The Somalia-based militant group Al-Shabaab claims responsibility.
2019-01-15

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

An al-Shabaab attack on a village near the Kenyan town of Mandera results in six deaths.
2016-10-6

Thirteen Kenyan police officers are missing after an Al-Shabaab ambush in Garissa County.
2015-05-26

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

Kenya arrests six Somali Islamist al-Shabaab fighters in the border town of Mandera.
2011-03-6