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Candles in memory of those killed in Nairobi’s Westgate Mall attack in September 2013. (Daniel Irungu/EPA)

Five years after Westgate, Al-Shabab is weakened but not yet defeated

Containing Al-Shabab in Kenya doesn’t directly reduce the group’s standing inside Somalia

Soldiers in Kenya.

Al-Shabab locks Kenya into an endless circle of death

Kenya’s increasingly unpopular war in Somalia is in its fourth year and there is no easy way out.

Little is black and white about Islam

When we commemorate the Westgate massacre in Nairobi, Kenya, we must not conflate the religion with extremism.

The attack was claimed by Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab insurgents.

Westgate mall terrorists argued over shooting children

Gunmen involved in the Nairobi shopping mall attack were in apparent disagreement over whether they should kill women and small children.

Samantha Lewthwaite is wanted by Kenya over terror plot allegations after she entered the country with a South African passport – believed to be forged – under the name Natalie Faye Webb.

‘White Widow’ writes love poem to Osama bin Laden

Investigators have discovered a poem written by British terror suspect Samantha Lewthwaite, addressed to deceased al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

The attack was claimed by Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab insurgents.

Kenya govt says it has recovered gunmen bodies

The Kenyan government says it believes it has recovered the remains of the four gunmen involved in the Westgate Mall shootings.

Remains delivered to morgue following Westgate siege

Following an attack on Nairobi’s Westgate mall in September, officials in Kenya say two boxes of human remains were delivered to its city morgue.

A file photograph from February 17 2011 shows al-Shabaab fighters on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia. (Mohamed Sheikh Nor, AP)

US captures suspected senior al-Qaeda figure in Libya

An alleged senior member of al-Qaeda has been captured in Libya after US forces launched raids in the country and Somalia over the weekend.

Attack on Westgate Mall in Kenya. (AFP)

Kenya names four Westgate Mall attackers from CCTV footage

On Saturday Kenya’s military spokesman named four men who are alleged to have been involved in the attack, which killed at least 67 people.

Fires of terrorism still spark in Westgate mall’s cinders

The Israeli-owned mall, which opened in 2007, was a fantasy land that insulated its visitors from the reality of other, poorer people’s lives.

It has been reported that a woman implicated in the mall terror attack could be Samantha Lewthwaite, who has been dubbed the ‘White Widow’ by the British media. (AFP)

‘White Widow’ documents being investigated, says govt

The circumstances around the fraudulent acquisition of an SA passport by a terror suspect are still being investigated, says a government official.

On the trail of al-Shabab’s Kenyan recruitment ‘pipeline’

The BBC’s Peter Taylor reports on the Kenyan recruitment network, which delivers would-be jihadists to be used on missions by al-Shabab in Somalia.

Big explosions in Westgate Mall left big parts of it destroyed.

Covering the Westgate shooting: Smoke and sadness

Reporting on the terror attack on Westgate Mall in Kenya was a blur of smoke, terror and confusion, writes Robyn Kriel.

Al-Shabab: We will strike Kenyans where it hurts

Militant group al-Shabab, who have claimed responsibility for the attack on Westgate mall, have threatened to step up militant attacks against Kenya.

A woman pays her respects to the victims of the Westgate mall siege outside the shopping centre in Nairobi.(AFP)

Why Kenya should be furious with SA

Jacob Zuma’s good-news philosophy is costing us lives, writes Verashni Pillay, in the wake of the Kenya attack and the release of the crime stats.

Kenyan’s lay flowers and light candles at a memorial event organized by the Muslim community to pay their respects to those who died and those who helped others escape. (AP)

Kenya makes 12th arrest for Nairobi mall attack

Another arrest has been made by Kenya over last week’s Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi that left 67 people dead.

An attack on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi left 67 people dead. (AFP)

Kenya raps US over ‘unfriendly’ travel warning after attack

Kenya has asked the US to lift an advisory warning US citizens over travelling there after the September 21 Nairobi mall attack.

Kenya authorities under pressure after reports of Westgate warning

Pressure mounted on the Kenyan authorities a week after the Nairobi mall carnage, amid accusations that top brass failed to heed security warnings.

Samantha Lewthwaite had a South African passport in the name of Natalie Faye Webb. (AFP)

Terror in Kenya: The ‘White Widow’ and the SA link

Home affairs says Samantha Lewthwaite’s passport was "cancelled" in 2011 as fear grows in Jo’burg’s "Little Mogadishu".

Nairobi-based journalist Bertha Kang’ong’oi says the al-Shabab terror attack is a wake-up call for Kenya.

The rot that is killing Kenya

The Westgate terror attack has exposed the soft underbelly of a country riddled with corruption.