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Al-Shabaab, a Somali terror group, has been making waves in a big way in Kenya over the last several days.

The Somali terrorist group Al-Shabaab executed yet another attack on Kenyan police near the city of Garissa on Monday, the latest in a series of attacks following the Easter massacre of Christians at Garissa University in April.

Islamist terror group Al-Shabaab has once again begun to strike rural villages near the Kenyan town of Garissa, little more than a month after the jihadists stormed Garissa University and killed 147 Christian students after separating them from their Muslim colleagues.

An anti-terror officer told The Daily Mirror that Samantha Lewthwaite, who has become known as the White Widow, is personally responsible for over 400 murders since she quickly rose up the ranks of Somalian radical Islam group al-Shabaab. “She is an

20-year-old Juma Laki is a Kenyan who traveled to Saudi Arabia in 2013, looking for work. He just learned the hard way that chatting with a woman and keeping her photo on his smartphone is an “apparent contravention of the Sunni kingdom’s puritanical laws,” as Kenya’s Standard Digital puts it. After a friend sold him out to the Saudi “special police,” Laki found himself in jail.

The mother of a young British aristocrat broke down in court yesterday as she gave testimony during an inquiry into his death, describing his wounds inflicted by men she called ‘monsters’. The family of Alexander Monson, son of the 12th Baron

The Kenyan government has arrested Hassan Mahat Omar, an Islamic cleric accused for years of supporting and recruiting for the terrorist group Al-Shabaab, for his role in helping fundraise to orchestrate the attack on Garissa University that left 148 Christian students dead earlier this month.

The Somali terror group Al-Shabaab has taken credit for a suicide bombing and subsequent raid on a government building in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in which at least 17 people have died, according to the most recent estimates.

Kenya’s oldest newspaper, The Standard, reports that the Iranian government warned Kenyan officials that the Somali terrorist group Al-Shabaab was planning to attack Garissa University.

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Senior Kenyan police official Pius Masai Mwachi has become the target of national disgust this week after implying that victims of the Garissa University terror attack that left 148 dead had not fought back sufficiently against the Al-Shabaab terrorists storming the campus. “Free yourself as soon as possible. Get out. Don’t just be killed like cockroaches,” he said.

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Columnist and author of “The Undocumented Mark Steyn,” Mark Steyn criticized President Obama’s rhetoric regarding the Kenya terror attack by saying “#blacklivesmatter when they’re Christian too” on Wednesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. “148 young students in Kenya have

The Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (Supkem) will implement a new program to vet all Islamic preachers after members of al-Shabab slaughtered hundreds of Christians at Garissa University.

Nearly a week has passed since the deadly jihadist attack on Kenya’s Garissa University that killed at least 148, and students who watched their colleagues being slaughtered now say they will never step foot in the city again, with some even renouncing higher education entirely and vowing to live as farmers.

Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) argued that terrorism is “not about people who are alienated” or impoverished, but really caused by Islamic extremism on Monday’s “Situation Room” on CNN. After being read President Obama’s concern about the “alienated, youth” population turning

Authorities have begun to piece together the planning and execution of last week’s bloody terrorist attack on Kenya’s Garissa University. Among the slain Al Shabaab gunmen– whose bodies remain publicly displayed in the town– is believed to be a university security guard and the son of a Kenyan public official.

Cynthia Cheroitich, 19, survived the massacre at Garissa University College in Kenya after she hid in a wardrobe and prayed to God for safety. After two days of hiding, she emerged safe, but dehydrated.

GARISSA, Kenya (AP) — One of the gunmen who slaughtered 148 people at a college in Kenya was identified Sunday as the law-school-educated son of a Kenyan government official.

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In a moving prayer in the Roman Colosseum Friday night, Pope Francis recalled the passion of Jesus Christ, comparing it to the suffering of persecuted Christians in the world today, after sending a telegram of condolence to the victims of the jihadist massacre of Christian students in Kenya.

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Columnist Charles Krauthammer said that the recent terror attack in Kenya shows that Islamic terrorism is a “religious war” on Thursday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel. “He [Obama] also continues to say ‘none of this is about religion.’

Fresh off a horrific 12-hour siege at a Somali hotel that left 17 dead, Islamist terror group Al-Shabaab has struck in Kenya, sending a squad of gunmen on a rampage through Garissa University College.

It has long been feared that ISIS could ally with Somali terror group al-Shabaab, which has been tied to al-Qaeda. As Osama bin Laden’s gang fades and the Islamic State rises, ISIS might look like a better partner for the Somalian militants. ISIS recently accepted an oath of fealty from Boko Haram in Nigeria.

Actor Charlie Sheen sent a message on Twitter Thursday afternoon mocking Barack Obama for working on his NCAA tournament bracket instead of giving attention to U.S. soldiers.

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Kenyan police used tear gas on primary schoolchildren who were protesting in the nation’s capital city of Nairobi on Monday.

Concern is growing for the Christian populations of Kenya and Tanzania, as jihadists are widening their sphere of influence across East Africa, a leading charity for persecuted Christians has warned. Release International has identified Iraq as the worst place to