U.S. warns of "imminent" terror threat in Kenya
The U.S. Embassy in Kenya warned it has credible information of an imminent terror attack, days after the east African nation announced it is sending troops to Somalia to battle Islamist militants. The...
View ArticleKenya’s high stakes Shabaab offensive
By Paul Cruickshank, CNN Terrorism Analyst, and Zain Verjee While the world's attention has been focused on events in north Africa, events thousands of miles away on the coastline of the Indian Ocean...
View ArticleSecond explosion reported in Nairobi
By Christabelle Fombu and Jack Maddox An explosion at a bus station in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, killed at least one person and injured eight Monday, according to the Kenyan police and Red Cross....
View ArticleAl-Shabaab breaks new ground with complex Nairobi attack
By Paul Cruickshank and Tim Lister The Al-Shabaab assault on a mall in Nairobi, Kenya, is alarming for its audacity, its scale and the sophisticated planning that went into it. Both the choice of...
View ArticleFirst on CNN: More U.S. Marines fortify Nairobi embassy security
By Barbara Starr More U.S. Marines are fortifying security at the American Embassy in Nairobi following the deadly shopping mall attack there, CNN has learned. Two U.S. officials confirmed the move in...
View ArticleUS intel info suggests al-Shabaab may be planning new attacks
By Barbara Starr The U.S. intelligence community is monitoring a specific stream of classified information suggesting the terror group believed to be behind the Nairobi shopping mall attack may be...
View ArticleU.S. issues alert for Uganda amid reports of potential 'Westgate-style' attack
The U.S. Embassy in Kampala, Uganda, issued an alert this week to Americans that it is looking into reports that an attack similar to the one at a Kenyan mall could soon occur in the the city. The...
View ArticleFormer spy: Kenya mall attack 'could have been prevented'
By Paul Cruickshank, Tim Lister, and Nic Robertson Editor's note: Paul Cruickshank and Tim Lister are writing a book about Morten Storm and his life as a former informant on terrorist groups. Western...
View ArticleKenyan mall attack shows low cost and ease of a terror attack
CNN's Evan Pérez and Shimon Prokupecz The terrorist attack on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, cost as little as a couple thousand dollars to pull off, according U.S. law enforcement sources. Far...
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