Sources: US News
Kenyan president William Ruto announces the reopening of the country's Mandera border post with Somalia in April, ending a 15-year closure imposed in 2011 following attacks attributed to al-Shabaab, after earlier reopening plans were delayed due to renewed violence near the border. 2026-02-12
Five people are killed, some by decapitation, by al-Shabaab jihadists across two villages in Lamu County, Kenya. [https:--english.alarabiya.net-News-world-2023-06-25-Al-Shabaab-extremists-kill-five-civilians-in-Kenya-some-by-beheading-Police-source (AFP via Al Arabiya)]Terrorism in Kenya2023-06-25
Five people are killed, some by decapitation, by al-Shabaab jihadists across two villages in Lamu County, Kenya. 2023-06-25
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
Al-Shabaab militants ambush a patrol in Lamu County, Kenya, killing seven soldiers. 2021-05-19
Four children are killed in an al-Shabaab attack at a primary school in Garissa County, Kenya. 2020-01-7
An attack by Al-Shabaab militants on an airfield used by Kenyan and U.S. troops in Lamu County, Kenya, is repelled, leaving four militants dead and five arrested. 2020-01-5
A gun battle breaks out in a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital Nairobi with "at least 39 dead and 150 wounded". A hostage situation is evolving. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility. 2013-09-21
Al-Shabaab militants take control of a town on the border between Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya from pro-government forces, following fighting that displaced 60,000 people. 2010-10-29