Three dead in Al-Shabab attack on base used by US military in Kenya

Children were among the wounded. Also among them were several university students who had been travelling in a bus.

Kenyans, Americans, a Briton and Tanzanians were among 26 people killed when Islamist gunmen stormed a hotel in the Somali port city of Kismayo, officials said on Saturday.

Gunmen have kidnapped a 23-year-old Italian female aid worker in the coastal region of Kilifi in Kenya, with five others also injured during the attack

Al-Shabaab Islamic militants claim responsibility for triple suicide bombing in Mogadishu, which is now known to have killed at least 39.

Two explosions in Mogadishu

Al-Shabaab is normally better known for its deadly attacks than its environmental commitments.

The Somalia-based Islamist militant group, al-Shabab, claimed responsibility for the attack.

At least seventeen people killed in double car bombings in the Somali capital

Fighting follows an al-Shabaab suicide bombing in Somalia.

Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansur defected to the Somalian government last week and has now spoken out against the militant group.

Several people have been killed in the attack in Mogadishu

A suicide bombing and gun attack in the Somali capital has killed at least 17 people, including foreigners.

The explosion was caused by a vehicle that had been parked near a restaurant in central Mogadishu.

Somali Islamist group al Shabaab have bombed a restaurant frequented by members of the security forces in Mogadishu, killing three, officials said.