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# Al-Shabaab


## Al-Shabaab


* ![TOPSHOT-SOMALIA-BOMBING-CONFLICT](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfec2d7b0b2ec612a/6988e20abc6cfc03fc3e3898/gettyimages-861537422.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 16, 2017  
## [What to Know About the Al Shabaab Bombings in Somalia](https://time.com/4983416/somalia-bomb-al-shabaab-terrorist-attack/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Eli Meixler
* ![KENYA-POLITICS-REFUGEES-DADAAB-SECURITY](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt713cac1f3d43b678/698892dccd1bba39a9700a8a/gettyimages-471794646.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 12, 2016  
## [Kenya to Close Dadaab Refugee Camp](https://time.com/4327239/kenya-close-refugee-camp-dadaab/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Mark Rivett-Carnac
* ![Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kabore \(L\) and Benin's President Thomas Boni Yayi \(R\) visit the Splendid hotel and the Capuccino cafe on January 18, 2016 in Ouagadougou, following a jihadist attack by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb \(AQIM\) l](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f3446992a7127f7/69887986428a9e071ecd0ff9/burkina-faso-hotel-attack.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 19, 2016  
## [Military Corruption Blamed for Rise in Africa Terror Attacks](https://time.com/4184472/military-corruption-africa-terror-attacks/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Aryn Baker
* ![Female students in the courtyard of the Haji Mire Primary School in Bosaso, Somalia. The school has nine classes and students are taught English, Arabic, Math, Physics and they also study the Koran. October 6, 2015.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf1aef6500b167a0c/698877b3ab6d77ef6a6a7d55/gum_20151024_0111.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 14, 2016  
## [Witness Somalia's Resilience After Decades of War](https://time.com/4168657/witness-somalias-resilience-after-decades-of-war/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Lucia De Stefani
* ![Donald Trump Holds Rally In Biloxi, Mississippi](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10de2b4cb1596fb7/698877533c1639723245b63f/donald-trump2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 3, 2016  
## [Trump Dismisses Appearance in Terrorist Video](https://time.com/4165638/trump-dismisses-appearance-in-terrorist-recruitment-video/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Charlotte Alter  
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Dec 22, 2015  
## [We're Buying Our Kids the Wrong Toys](https://time.com/4158674/were-buying-our-kids-the-wrong-toys/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute
* ![An overview of the part of the eastern sector of the IFO-2 camp in the sprawling Dadaab refugee camp, north of the Kenyan capital Nairobi seen on April 28, 2015.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt46c806037d9eaff1/6987eeb65f570f0805b197e7/dadaab-refugee-camp.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 7, 2015  
## [Kenya Rolls Back Threat to Close Massive Refugee Camp](https://time.com/3849568/kenya-dadaab-refugee-camp-uhuru-kenyatta/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Noah Rayman
* ![Kenyans attend a candle lit vigil late Tuesday at Uhuru park in capital Nairobi in memory of the people killed in last week's deadly attack on northern Kenya's Garissa University College, on April 7, 2015.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7922a251d823623/6987a05a428a9e9a05cc9381/garissa-kenya-vigil.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 8, 2015  
## [Kenyans Are Using #147NotJustANumber to Honor Garissa Victims](https://time.com/3789787/kenya-147notjustanumber-garissa/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Helen Regan
* ![Plainclothes policemen stand in front of a crowd which came to see bodies of suspected Garissa University College attackers in a school compound in Garissa](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1cfc7edb4f1b57c9/698786be55a85969a9a86a9a/kenya-al-shabab-attack-garissa.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 4, 2015  
## [Kenyans Blame Corrupt Government for al-Shabab Violence](https://time.com/3771445/kenyans-blame-corrupt-government-al-shabaab-violence/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by TIME Staff
* ![Attack on Kenya's Garissa University College](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt28ef7f7dadf1ba35/698786b15f570f4e41b1618f/468412630.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 4, 2015  
## [Al-Shabaab Says Kenyan Cities Will Run ‘Red With Blood’](https://time.com/3771409/al-shabab-kenyan-cities-run-red-with-blood/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Noah Rayman  
* ![Kenya's National Assembly majority leader Aden Duale delivers a speech during a rally in Garissa, Kenya, on April 3, 2015. More than one thousand local residents attended the rally to emphasis security and condemn terrorist activities.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1d31402367559dc/698786b3cd6848112a09a7d3/kenya-shooting-rally.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 3, 2015  
## [Grief Turns to Anger in Kenya](https://time.com/3771371/kenya-massacre-grief-garissa/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Noah Rayman
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Apr 3, 2015  
## [Five Best Ideas of the Day: April 3](https://time.com/3770277/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-april-3/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute
* ![Students evacuated from Garissa University listen to an address by Interior Minister for Security Joseph Ole Nkaissery before they are transported to their home regions from a holding area on April 3, 2015.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte31f6540b20958a0/6987869f2dce01b0619de5e8/kenya-alshabaab-garissa.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 2, 2015  
## [Christians Hunted Down as al-Shabab Kill 147 in Kenya](https://time.com/3768749/kenya-alshabaab-garissa/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Aryn Baker
* ![Students of the Garissa University College take shelter in a vehicle after fleeing from an attack by gunmen in Garissa, Kenya, April 2, 2015.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f7cb667f6c78cef/6987865d428a9e5b85cc7ed4/kenya-al-shabaab.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 2, 2015  
## [Al-Shabaab Attacks University in Kenya](https://time.com/3768556/kenya-alshabaab-university/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Aryn Baker
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Mar 19, 2015  
## [Al-Shabab Leader Killed in Drone Strike](https://time.com/3750378/al-shabaab-adan-garar-killed-drone-strike-u-s-pentagon-confirmed/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Helen Regan

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