Kenya: 8 police officers injured in al-Shabaab attacks in border region

A suspected al-Shabaab suicide bomber was killed and eight Kenyan police officers were wounded in separate incidents near Kenya’s border with Somalia on Wednesday. In the first incident, the militants ambushed and injured at least eight elite police officers from Read More …

Kenya: Seven killed in Mandera as vehicles run over explosives

Seven people were killed in two separate incidents when vehicles ran over improvised explosives in north-east Kenya, with police saying in one of the cases that they suspected members of al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab were responsible. Four died in the Read More …

Kenya: At least seven officers injured in Mandera improvised explosive device attack

At least seven police officers sustained injuries when the vehicle they were traveling in ran over an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Mandera South on Wednesday. The victims were injured to varying degrees, with some suffering injuries to the head, Read More …

Kenya: Three injured after vehicle was hit by IED in Mandera

Three people were Sunday, May 14 injured when a public service vehicle they were traveling in ran over an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Mandera East. Police said the three were en route to Mandera Town from Elwak when an Read More …

Kenya: Six General Service Unit personnel injured in IED attack in Rhamu, Mandera

Six General Service Unit personnel were Monday injured after their vehicle was hit by an Improvised Explosive Device in Rhamu, Mandera County. The officers were driving in an official vehicle headed for Mandera town on Monday evening when they ran Read More …

Kenya: 2 children die in explosion after tinkering with RPG in Mandera

Two children died Sunday morning after an explosive went off while they were herding goats at Iresuki village in Mandera County. Confirming the incident, Mandera CIO Benedict Kigen said the warhead, suspected to have been launched from a rocket-propelled grenade Read More …

Kenya: Playing children pick grenade, take it to chief’s office in the Golicha area, Mandera County

A group of children escaped death after they picked up a rocket-propelled grenade from a field in the Golicha area, Elwak, Mandera County. The children were grazing their livestock when they stumbled on the explosive. They picked it up and Read More …

Kenya: Police detonate bomb in Mandera amid fears of more attacks

Security agencies operating near the Kenya- Somalia border at the weekend escaped an attack after stumbling on an explosive device set on the roadside. The improvised explosive device was ready to explode when they spotted it in Kulun, Mandera County. Read More …

Kenya: Police escape death after vehicles damaged in Mandera IED attack

A team of security officers narrowly escaped death after two of their vehicles ran over an explosive device along Fino- Sheikh Barrow road in Mandera. The team was driving from Fino towards Sheikh Barrow when their vehicles were hit by Read More …

Kenya: Three construction workers injured in Mandera IED attack

Three workers of a road construction company were on Thursday injured when a vehicle they were traveling in was hit by an explosive device in Mandera County. The incident happened at Dadach Qatarow, between Ires Kinto and Domog along Wargadud- Read More …

Kenya: Three workers injured in Mandera IED attack

Three employees of a road construction company were injured when a vehicle they were travelling in ran over an explosive in Banisa, Mandera. Police said the improvised explosive device had been planted on the road by suspected al Shabaab militants Read More …

Kenya: Seven killed in a roadside bomb blast in Mandera

At least seven people have been killed in a roadside blast in northern Kenya. Attackers ambushed a minibus, locally known as a matatu, after the blast and opened fire on its occupants near Mandera town, a police statement said. Survivors Read More …

Kenya: KWS Vehicle Ran Over IED In Mandera

Two people were killed and three others injured in a Wednesday evening attack at Qoqaye -Takaba in Mandera County by suspected Al-Shabaab terrorists. County Director of Criminal Investigation (CDCI), Benedict Kigen, confirmed the incident, saying two people lost their lives Read More …

Kenya: 3 police officers killed in al Shabaab IED attack in Mandera

Three police officers were on Friday killed and three others injured when they were ambushed by al Shabaab militants in Banisa, Mandera county. Witnesses said the attackers had set an Improvised Explosive Devise on the road which hit a speeding Read More …

Somalia: One Security Officer Killed, Three Injured In Mandera IED Explosion

At least one security officer was killed and three others injured when their vehicle was hit by an Improvised Explosive Device along the Omarjillo-Arabia Road in Mandera County. The explosive had been set on the road to target the security Read More …

Kenya: One security officer killed, three injured in Mandera IED explosion

At least one security officer was killed and three others injured when their vehicle was hit by an Improvised Explosive Device along the Omarjillo-Arabia Road in Mandera County. The explosive had been set on the road to target the security Read More …

Roadside blast injures Kenyan official in border region

A Kenyan local government official was injured on Sunday after a vehicle in which they were traveling in hit an improvised explosive device (IED) in Mandera County near the border with Somalia. Jeremiah Kossoim, Mandera county police commander said the Read More …

Somalia’s senior government official killed in latest IED explosion

A senior Somali government official was on Friday killed after a remote-controlled explosive device exploded in Somalia. In the incident that happened just a few kilometres from the Kenya-Somalia border, the explosive device instantly killed the Deputy District Commissioner of Read More …