Kasmaal  Independent Somali news and analysis website .

MOGADISHU, July 13 (Xinhua) — A total of 32 people, including 25 militants were killed Monday in fighting between Africa Union (AU) forces and the Islamist group Al-Shabaab in the southern Somali district of Rage Celle, a local official said. Al-Shabaab militants launched an attack on the district but were repulsed by government troops and […]

MOGADISHU: Gunmen from Somali militant group Al-Shabab Monday attacked a military base in central Somalia, killing at least four soldiers, officials and militants said. Al-Shabab, which wants to topple a Western-backed government in Mogadishu, has in the past stepped up the number of raids during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which began in mid-June […]

A bomb explosion has caused part of the walls of Aleppo’s ancient citadel to collapse. Built in the 13th Century, it overlooks Aleppo’s Old City and is part of a UN-listed World Heritage site. Syrian government forces have been using the citadel as a military position. Government and rebel forces have been fighting for control […]

There’s excitement on the streets at the president’s visit, which offers a chance to mend strained relations with the west  Senator Barack Obama holds his step-grandmother Sarah Hussein Onyango Obama on a visit to his ancestral rural village of Kogelo in Kenya in August 2006. Photograph: RaduThe silver-grey walls of the Godown Arts Centre, a […]

Kenya Defence Forces bomb experts arrive at the scene where 14 people were killed and 11 others injured in Soko Mbuzi, Mandera Town on July 7, 2015. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP Mandera Council of Elders have asked the government to step up security in the county over recent attacks. The elders condemned the […]

Mr Charles Mwangi from Laikipia County can only thank God after he miraculously survived a terror attack at a village in Mandera County which left 14 people dead. While speaking to the Nation on Tuesday at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), the 35 year old quarry worker said he was suddenly woken up by a loud bang […]

Suspected Al shaabab brides from left Umur Kheir, Mariam Said and Khadijah Abubakar at the Mombasa Court on Monday,030th March,2015. Kheir, a Tanzanian and the two Kenyans from Malindi were arrested by Kenyan Securities at Elwak in Mandera Border suspected to be going to join Al Shaabab group in Somalia and be used as suicide […]

Garissa County Governor Nathif Jama presented himself before the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission on Friday for processing before he is taken to court to plead to corruption charges. The governor is to be charged over allegations of irregular leasing of ambulances in his county. He was accompanied by four other governors, led by Council of […]

Bodies are loaded into a coroners van outside a condo building on Lisgar st. in Toronto on June 28, 2015 where two men were found dead after reports of gunfire this morning. For three days, Ellie Bergeron heard loud music coming from the condo next door in her West Queen West building. The party on […]