Shebab Rebels

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  Kenya Police Probe Whipping Pictures After Outcry

  Police in Kenya said Monday they have launched an investigation into photos posted on social media that appear to show officers mercilessly whipping a group of Somali youths.

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  US Pulls Out of Summit Over Somali Power Struggle

  The United States said today it was deeply concerned over a worsening power struggle between Somalia's President and Prime Minister, and pulled out of an international summit on the war-torn country.

• Somalia on High Alert After Shebab Leader Confirmed Dead

  Somalia's government warned on Saturday of a wave of retaliatory attacks by the country's Al Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels after their leader was confirmed to have been killed in a US air strike.

• Shebab Leader Abdi Godane, Al-Qaeda's Top Man in Somalia

  The leader of Somalia's Shebab rebels Ahmed Abdi Godane, declared dead by the United States after an air strike earlier this week, was a ruthless kingpin of Al-Qaeda's main African affiliate.

• Shebab Claim New Attack in Kenya, Police Say At least 10 Dead

  At least 10 people have been killed in a new overnight attack near Kenya's coast, police said Tuesday, with Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels claiming responsibility.

• Ethiopia Arrests 25 in 'Terror' Sweep

  Ethiopian police arrested 25 people accused of plotting attacks in the country and suspected of having links to Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels, officials said Thursday.

• Security Council 'Outraged' by Attack on Somali Parliament

  The United Nations Security Council expressed "outrage" after Shebab rebels launched an attack on the Somali parliament that left at least 10 people dead on Saturday.

• Several Dead in Somalia Parliament Attack: Police, Witnesses

  Several people have been killed, including at least four attackers, in an ongoing Shebab rebel assault against Somalia's parliament, police and witnesses said Saturday.

• Ten Killed in Somalia Bombing: Police

  At least 10 people were killed on Monday in a huge explosion targeting a senior official in the southern Somali town of Baidoa, police and hospital staff said.

• Al Qaeda-linked Shebab mocks Kenya, threatens more attacks

  Somalia's Al Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels have threatened more attacks against Kenya, taking to Twitter to mock the country after Islamist gunmen attacked a Nairobi shopping mall, killing at least 67 people.

• Somali rebels kill 30 in Nairobi mall bloodbath

  Masked gunmen stormed a packed upmarket shopping mall in Nairobi on Saturday, killing 30 people and wounding dozens more in a massacre claimed by Somalia's Al Qaeda-inspired Shebab rebels.