The attacks in Somalia, that left 25 people wounded, is being blamed on the Al Shabaab terror group.

The first of the bombs exploded at military checkpoint near the Presidential Palac which a frequent target of jihadis.

Nine people were killed in that blast.

A second explosion  appears to have killed the suicide bomber and his accomplice near the airport which houses the offices of a number of diplomatic missions.

Al Shabaab is responsible for the truck bomb in October  2017 that killed more than 500 people.

It was the deadliest extremist operation  since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States in 2001.

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He’s also told Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn more must be done to improve democracy in one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies . – often criticised for its record on human rights.
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President Barak Obama says security cooperation with Ethiopia is pushing back against violent extremism.

He says Ethiopia faces serious threats and its contribution to the African Union mission in Somalia has reduced areas under al-Shabaab control.

Sunday’s hotel bombing in Mogadishu reminds us that terrorist groups like al-Shabaab offer nothing but death and destruction and have to be stopped.

Before heading home today, the first sitting US President to visit Ethiopia will address the African Union at its headquarters in Addis Ababa – another first.

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The minister, who is in charge of security, also admitted that the response was poorly co-ordinated.

The mea culpa from Kenya’s Interior Minister Joseph Nkarissery follows the worst terror attack in that country by the Somali based Al Shabab militants who killed 148 people during the day-long siege at the campus in the north-eastern town.

Following a wave of public anger over the obvious security failings, Nkarissery suspended seven policemen.

The students had received memos warning of possible violence and the principal of Garissa University College asked in vain for additional security at the campus.

Most of those who died in the raid were students.

The attackers singled out Christians to be killed and spared Muslims.

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Police and defence forces stormed in after the attack by masked gunmen in the early hours as morning prayers began at the college mosque..

Al Shabab is believed to be responsible for the attack.

There’s no indication of fatalities although local media’s reporting two policemen and a student have been injured.

A pall of smoke hangs over the dormitory and students could be seen running from the building in their pyjamas.

There are unconfirmed reports of students being taken hostage.

The area has come under frequent attack from Al Shabab avenging Kenya’s involvement in the multinational force supporting the government in Somalia.

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They killed two guards and set off explosions.

They are still engaged in exchanges of gunfire with defence forces.

Kenyan police and soldiers have surrounded the campus at the Garissa University College.

A police spokesperson says two university security guards were killed by the gunmen who attacked while morning prayers were being said at the campus mosque.

The gunmen, believed to be Al Shabab, have taken hostages.

Some students manged to flee in their pyjamas. Many remain trapped inside the campus.

The police spokesperson says gunshots can be heard from inside the compound but at this point it not possible to tell who is shooting at who.

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Ali Roba questions why Kenyan soldiers are part of an African Union force propping up the Somali government – leaving their own country unprotected to a wave of cross-border attacks by al-Shabab militants.

Last Friday, Ali Roba’s convoy was attacked in Mandera leaving three dead.

It was one of a string of recent attacks by the al-Qaeda-linked militants.

Roba says the public isn’t fooled by assurances that security is being beefed up and will do what they have to do unless the national government stops the attacks.

In November, al Shabab gunmen held up a bus outside Mandera town, separated passengers according to religion and executed 28 non-Muslims.

Ten days later 36 non-Muslim quarry workers were also massacred in the area.

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Accused of links with terrorism, 510 of them have been de-registered.

Their bank accounts have been frozen and the work permits of their foreign employees revoked.

The Nairobi government’s at its wit’s end fighting Al Shabab’s increased involvement in Kenya.

In the past month it’s killed 64 singling out non Muslims before shooting them.

The government’s involved in a heated debate over a controversial new security bill aimed at fighting militants.

Its critics are accusing it of using the threat posed by Al-Shabab to curb democratic freedoms

Officials say the organisations have been de-registered because of their failure to submit financial records.

15 are accused of direct links with terrorist organisations.

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His thrown out his police chief and interior minister and vowed not flinch in hunting down the Islamist terrorists.
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Kenya’s  police chief David Kimayo and Interior Minister Ole Lenku are the first political victims of two attacks by Al Shabab in the Mandera region this past week.
In both cases, the terrorist separated the non Muslims and killed them.
Their victims number at least 64.
This morning’s slaying of the   quarry workers was particularly gruesome.
At least four of the victims were beheaded in their tents.
The others were lined up and shot, having been dragged outside and separated from their Muslim colleagues.

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One person has died in the action in Mombasa and 200 arrested.

Kenya blames the Somali-based alQaeda offshoot for a number of attacks along its coastline.

Targeting the a Musa and Sakina mosques in the port city, police moved in early yesterday.

They say they had information that an attack on security forces was being planned in the mosques.

A 20 year shot dead had been reportedly trying to throw a grenade at officers who recovered eight grenades, a pistol, ammunition, machetes and daggers in the place of worship.

They also seized warfare literature and videos of Osama Bin Laden and Kenyan preachers advocating violence.

Civil rights groups say authorities are unfairly targeting and marginalising Muslims.

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