Somalia

British Somalis have been under pressure for years. Whenever an Islamist-related attack takes place anywhere they feel vulnerable. The Kenyan siege will add to their fear.

People hid behind boxes, barricaded kitchen doors with fridges, dragged children into dental clinics, and even confronted the attackers unarmed.

From leafy Buckinghamshire to suspected involvement in the Nairobi shopping centre terror attack, Channel 4 News looks at the life of Samantha Lewthwaite.

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.

How Suveer Sachdeva, a dentist in the Westgate mall, ran back into the mall as the gunshots started to rescue his father. He describes what he saw and how he helped to save five lives..

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.”

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.

Kenyan officials launch a major offensive to take the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi back from al-Shabaab militants – saying “this will end tonight”.

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.”

Channel 4 News has learned a British Somali man imprisoned in the US for alleged terrorism has gone on hunger strike and is now in a “critical condition”, according to his family.

In the latest attempt to save Somalia’s cash “lifeline”, nine aid agencies call on Barclays Bank to scrap plans to sever money transfer accounts.

Al-Shabaab bombers targeted busy restaurant next to city’s parliament in “brutal” double blast.

British humanitarian aid worth £480,000 has been captured by al-Qaeda linked militants, al-Shabaab, in southern Somalia.

Olympian Mo Farah describes how Barclays’ plans to close bank accounts of remittance services, used by foreign workers to send money home, will lead to Somali families going hungry.

A petition of 20,000 signatures, over a Barclays’ decision to block remittance services, goes to Downing Street… as Olympian Mo Farah also joins the cries of protest.