Search results for ‘al-shabaab’
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Nairobi rocked by deadly bus blast
A bomb attack on a minibus kills at least five people and leaves dozens wounded in the Kenyan capital.
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Can 2012 offer a happy ending for Somalia?
Think of Somalia as a child ruled by irresponsible parents, with the UN as its social services. Jamal Osman asks if the strife-torn country can convince investors it is now ready to look after itself.
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Child dies and three injured in Kenyan church grenade attack
A grenade attack on a Nairobi church has left one child dead and three injured, in what is thought to be retaliation for Kenya’s role in fighting the Somali militant al-Shabab group.
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Somalia’s athletes brave war to train for the Olympics
Most athletes coming to the London Olympics are thinking of medals, writes Jamal Osman. But for Mohamed and Samsam, their greatest achievement was reaching here safely.
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Jamal Osman named One World media journalist of the year
Somali reporter Jamal Osman is named journalist of the year at the One World media awards for a collection of his films for Channel 4 News.
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Somalia's London 2012 hopefuls battle the odds
Jamal Osman describes the difficulties facing sporting officials and Olympic hopefuls in a country where athletes could be shot at any time by rebels or security forces.
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A very strange case – the British man arrested in Somalia
The latest arrest in Somalia of a British man alleged to be a member of al-Shabaab is an unusual case, writes reporter Jamal Osman.
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Freed Briton tells of Somalia kidnap ordeal
Judith Tebbutt describes her time as a captive after she is released by kidnappers who snatched her and killed her husband from a Kenyan island beach hut seven months ago.
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US forces free hostages in Somalia
Two aid workers, who have been held hostage in Somalia for three months, are freed by US special forces in an early morning operation.
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Kenya terror attack ‘may be in final stages’
The Foreign Office warns that terrorists may be in the final stages of planning attacks in Kenya, advising Britons to be “extra vigilant”.
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Nigeria’s Christians face a grim new year
As Nigeria’s president declares a state of emergency after a fatal blast in Maiduguri, Anthony Tucker-Jones reports on the Nigerian Taliban’s attempt to spark a sectarian civil war.
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Three months of famine in southern Somalia
The death of one of the world’s worst tyrants on Thursday made it impossible for me to report that we are now three months on since the UN declared a famine in southern Somalia, writes Jonathan Rugman.
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Kenyan troops prepare for battle in Somalia
Having crossed the Somali border on Sunday to launch operation Protect Kenya, the Kenyan army now faces a tough fight for control of Afmadow, reports defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones.
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Britons arrested in Kenya ‘to be deported’
Two British men who were arrested in Kenya are to be deported, Channel 4 News learns. They were detained on suspicion of planning to meet al-Shabaab militants in Somalia.
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Kenyan troops head into Somalia to hunt kidnap militants
As Kenyan troops enter Somalia to try and root out al-Shabaab fighters suspected of recent kidnappings, an analyst tells Channel 4 News this shows how little power the central Somali government has.