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Kenya
Security agencies under pressure from Al-Shabaab ahead of elections

Kenya's intelligence agencies are on high alert to try to prevent attacks by radical Islamist groups aimed at destabilising the country in the run-up to general elections. The groups are suspected of targeting Nairobi and Mombasa and counties that lie on the border with Somalia. [...]

Published on 14/02/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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ICC deploys team to record any violence at the 2022 presidential election

In preparation for what is expected to be a tense election campaign, International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan has dispatched a legal team to Nairobi to gather potential proof of election violence.

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Johnson and Kenyatta review status of BATUK forces

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Why Turkey's Katmerciler is struggling to finalise its army deal

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Al-Shabaab yet to conquer road corridor to Ethiopia and Somalia

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Nairobi urgently seeks new ships for navy and coast guard

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US firms compete for consulting contract with Kenya's expanding air force

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Kenyatta sets his investigators onto a deputy president with presidential ambitions

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Hilary Mutyambai
Jaysh al-Ayman
National Intelligence Service
National Security Advisory Committee
Philip Kameru
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Robert Kariuki Kibochi
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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Kenya
Security agencies under pressure from Al-Shabaab ahead of elections

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Odinga's campaign pledges on Somalia ruffle Kenyatta and his intelligence services

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