A Kenyan soldier who was assumed dead for nearly a decade has been found alive and has given an account of the deadly 2016 raid on a military base in Somalia. Sergeant Abdullahi Issa Ibrahim, who is a member of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF), has revealed that he has been held hostage by the
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has secured the conviction of a Somali national linked to the outlawed Al-Shabaab network in a terrorism case. In a statement dated Thursday, March 19, 2026, the ODPP stated that the conviction involves the radicalisation of a minor. “The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has secured
Six police officers were injured on Friday morning, March 13, after a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) believed to have been planted by Al-Shabaab hit a police vehicle in Mandera County. According to a police report recorded under OB No. 9/13/03/2026, the incident happened at around 6.30 a.m. along the Elwak–Wargadud Road. Officers from Kenya