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A woman cries after she viewed the body of a relative killed in Thursday's attack on a university, at Chiromo funeral home, in Nairobi.

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5 Arrested In Kenyan Attack As Al-Shabab Promises 'Bloodbath'

1:51pm April 04, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Some of those arrested in connection with Thursday's deadly attack on a university in the country's east were reportedly trying to flee to neighboring Somalia, where the extremist group is based.

Garissa University students comfort each other after they were rescued from Thursday's deadly attack.

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Kenya Copes With Deadliest Attack Since 1998 Embassy Bombing

10:21am April 03, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Students are debating whether to return to Garissa University College. A teachers union says the school should shut down.

Local residents donate blood at Garissa hospital Thursday, after Al-Shabab gunmen attacked Garissa University College in northeast Kenya.

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Kenya Says Operation Against Al-Shabab Militants Is Over; 147 Dead

4:52pm April 02, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The Islamist militants had taken hostages at a university campus in Garissa. In 2013, militants from the same group carried out a similar operation on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, the capital.

Customers wait to collect money at the Juba Express money transfer company in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Feb. 12.

Terrorism Fears Complicate Money Transfers For Somali-Americans

8:46pm February 25, 2015

by Pam Fessler

Regulations intended to block money from getting to terrorist groups has led the last bank that handles most money transfers from the United States to Somalia to pull out of the business.

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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says a video released by al-Shabab

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Homeland Security Chief: Threat To U.S. Malls 'A New Phase' For Terrorists

2:24pm February 22, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Jeh Johnson, speaking on CNN's State of the Union, said he is taking seriously a video put out by the Somali-based al-Shabab group calling on followers to attack Western shopping malls.

Top Somali Extremist Leader Reportedly Surrenders

6:49pm December 27, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Reports vary as to whether al-Shabab's Zakariye Ismail Ahmed Hersi turned himself in or was captured in a raid. The U.S. had placed a $3 million bounty on the leading Islamist extremist.

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Al-Shabab Takes Responsibility For Killing Dozens In Kenya

1:56pm December 02, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

Witnesses said armed militants opened fire on workers at a quarry in the northeast part of the country. At least 36 died. The country's police chief resigned, and the interior minister was fired.

Muslims In Minnesota Weigh Whether To Expel Or Engage At-Risk Youth

11:39am October 03, 2014

by Gene Demby

After several young people left to join ISIS, leaders are considering which approach to take with marginalized youth. Boston's experience with the marathon bombing suspects may be instructive.

Yemeni soldiers hold up their weapons at an area seized from al-Qaida in the southeastern province of Shabwa, Yemen, on May 8. President Obama said Wednesday that U.S. strategy against the so-called Islamic State would be similar to how it targeted milita

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Are Yemen And Somalia Good Examples Of U.S. Anti-Terror Strategy?

12:19pm September 12, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

President Obama says the strategy the U.S. would pursue against the Islamic State would be similar to how it targets al-Qaida affiliates in Yemen and Somalia. But both countries are deeply unstable.

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Target Of U.S. Raid In Somalia Called A Top Attack Planner

12:53pm October 07, 2013

by Gregory Warner

A Kenyan intelligence official says that the "high-value terrorist leader" whose residence was targeted in a Navy SEAL raid was the senior al-Shabab leader Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir, alias Ikrima. Ikrima is a Kenyan of Somali descent who boasts connections to both al-Shabab in Somalia and to a Kenyan jihadist group called al-Hijra.

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