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Kenyan military kills 4 Al-Shabaab militants in coastal region

Lamu - Muslimchronicle

Kenyan soldiers destroyed a Al-Shabaab camp in the coastal Lamu region and killed four militants on Tuesday, said Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) spokesman David Obonyo. Obonyo said the raid, which took place in the general area of Mararani in Lamu County, also saw the soldiers recover four AK 47 rifles, six magazines, three grenades, three car batteries, rolls of cable,Read more

Kenyan military kills 57 Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia

Nairobi - ArabToday

Kenya's army said Thursday that they killed 57 Al-Shabaab militants during a clash at Afmadow area of southern Somalia. Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) spokesman Joseph Owuoth said the troops who are part of the Africa Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) are still in the region to purge it of the militants. Owuoth said in a statement the 8:45-a.m. incident thatRead more

Al-Shabaab overrun Kenyan military base in Somalia

Mogadishu - ArabToday

Somalia-based militant group Al-Shabaab attacked a Kenyan Defence Forces (KDF) camp at Kulbiyow in southern Somalia early Friday with casualties feared, officials confirmed. source: XinhuaRead more

Kenya wins East Africa military games

Kigali - Arab Today

Kenyan Defense Forces (KDF) Wednesday emerged the overall winners at the conclusion of the 10th edition of the 2016 East Africa Military Games and Cultural event 2016 in Kigali. KDF shone in three out of five sports disciplines, including handball, football and cross country, winning trophies during the closing ceremony at Amahoro National stadium in Kigali. The awarding ceremony wasRead more

30 Al Shabab killed in Somalia

Nairobi - MENA

Thirty insurgents of Somalia's Al-Qaeda-aligned Al Shabab group were killed in heavy clashes in the south and northeast of the country, Kenya's armed forces and local authorities said separately. In the first incident, the Kenya Defense Force (KDF) said it had thwarted an assault on a military camp in the Lower Juba area in southern Somalia, killing 20 rebels andRead more