Al-Shabaab

The attack in Nairobi is a psychological blow to Kenyans. Striking at the heart of the capital city is designed to have the maximum effect on the locals.

Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Miller reports on Al-Shabaab, where they come from and what preceded the attack on the mall – “a soft and obvious target” for the group.

Timeline: How a busy Saturday at a smart Nairobi mall descended into a bloodbath as al-Shabaab terrorists stormed the centre, going from shop to shop shooting. 59 are dead, a siege remains.

Al-Shabaab, the militant group which has claimed responsibility for the Nairobi shopping mall attack, tells Channel 4 News “if Kenyans don’t leave our land, we will wage a real war.”

Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the Nairobi shopping centre attack that has left at least 30 people dead. UK Foreign Secretary William Hague calls the incident “callous, cowardly and brutal.”

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.

As a major conference on Somalia opens in London, reporter Jamal Osman went to Somalia to speak to the Islamist group that will not be attending the summit, despite controlling most of the country.

As Kenya goes to war on al-Shabaab, defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones writes for Channel 4 News on Nairobi’s desperate efforts to contain Somalia’s troublesome militants.

In the first interview with a western news organisation since the UN declared famine in Somalia, a spokesman for the al-Shabaab Islamist group tells Channel 4 News there is no famine, only drought.

Is America denying food aid to starving Somalis as part of a strategy to beat the al-Shabaab militants of the Horn of Africa? Jonathan Rugman reports on the agonised food politics of Somalia.

I’ve just come up for air after several weeks investigating claims that dozens of Islamic extremists have returned to Britain from training camps in Somalia. The security services believe that they may end up using the skills they have learned in Somalia to commit acts of terror here in the UK.