Militants storm a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, leaving at least nine people dead, in an attack claimed by al-Shabab.

At least 180 Kenyan troops are killed when al-Shabab attacked their base last month, Somalia's president says.

The Somali Islamist group al-Shabab releases a propaganda video featuring footage of the US presidential hopeful, Donald Trump

A group of Kenyan Muslims travelling on a bus ambushed by Islamist gunmen protected Christian passengers by refusing to be split into groups, according to eyewitnesses.

At least eight people are killed in a suicide attack on a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu.

A car bomb has exploded outside a popular restaurant in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.

Somalia's Islamist al-Shabab militants are recruiting heavily in north-eastern Kenya, according to evidence gathered by the BBC.

Al-Shabab militants attacks a government complex in a busy area of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, killing at least 10 people.

Kenya has begun three days of mourning following the massacre of over 100 students by militant group al-Shabab.

Kenya is mourning 148 people killed in Thursday's al-Shabab attack on Garissa university campus, amid questions over why warnings were ignored.

Gunmen have taken students hostage and killed at least 14 people at a university in north-eastern Kenya, aid workers and police say.

US defence department confirms that it has killed al-Shabab leader Adan Garar