Major General Fatuma Ahmed Gaiti rose from a junior officer in the Kenya Air Force to its commander decades later. She ...

High school teacher caught in undercover sting operation after explicit chats with 'teen girl' online: police Oregon educator allegedly arranged to meet officer posing as 13-year-old when parents ...

Tasked with capturing the strategic port city of Kismayo in Somalia under the Operation Linda Nchi, Kahariri was part of KDF’s team credited for its tactical brilliance that was instrumental in ...

The journey of Kenya's new Chief of Defence Forces General Charles Kahariri from a young recruit to the top of military leadership Newly appointed Chief of the Defence Forces, Charles Muriu Kahariri A ...

As Kenya marks the tenth anniversary of “Operation Linda Nchi,” our senior political affairs reporter Patrick Amimo takes us through Kdf’s journey to restore peace and stability in ...

When Kenya launched Operation Linda Nchi – the military intervention in Somalia – ten years ago this week, the target was Al-Shabaab. For Kenyan political and military leaders, the terrorist group had ...

The incursion, code-named Operation Linda Nchi (defend the nation), succeeded in recapturing many towns and villages from the group. But this success came at the cost of endangering the safety of ...

Kenya’s military deployment in Somalia in October 2011 was to push back al-Shabaab from its territory, create a ‘buffer zone’ with Somalia and safeguard its sovereignty. After seven months of this ...

Government spokesperson Eric Kiraithe has been sacked and his position taken up by former Operation Linda Nchi spokesman Cyrus Oguna. In a statement signed by ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru, the ...

‘Operation Linda Nchi’ must have a domestic front — a war to counter threat finance and constrain the operating space of financial criminals. Without money, Al-Shabaab can’t field fighters.

In the four years following Operation Linda Nchi, terrorist attacks went up nine-fold, compared to the four years preceding it. They increased, not just in number, but in ferocity as well.