The Mandera Prison Assault was a pivotal military operation conducted by the Somali National Movement (SNM) on 2 January 1983 during the early stages of...

Ethiopian bases, commando units attacked Mandera Prison near Berbera and freed a group of northern dissidents. The assault liberated more than 700 political...

Ethiopian bases, commando units attacked Mandera Prison near Berbera and freed a group of northern dissidents. The assault liberated more than 700 political...

Mandera Prison, also sometimes spelled as Mandhera or Mandheera Prison, is an isolated, high-security central prison located in the town of Mandera in...

officers on the Rhamu-Mandera Road. Later on the same day, a suspected militant was killed by special forces in the Bambo area of Mandera County. 3 January...

of the attackers are believed to have entered Kenya through El-Wak in Mandera Country, and made their way to Nairobi to meet with the operational leader...

government on 2 January 1983. Leading SNM fighters from Haud bases, he assaulted Mandera Prison near Berbera and released a group of Isaaq political prisoners...

22 - Al-Shabaab militants hijack a bus travelling between the town of Mandera and Nairobi and execute 28 non-Muslim passengers. December 2 - The Red...

Inquiry into the Westgate Terrorist Attack and Other Terrors Attack in Mandera in North Eastern and Kilifi in the Coastal Region (Report). National Assembly...

officers, are killed in a bomb attack on a hotel near a police station in Mandera. 18 April – The Head of the Kenya Defence Forces, General Francis Omondi...

counter-insurgency operations in the Mt Elgon area and also in the district of Mandera central. Kenya's armed forces, like many government institutions in the...

Somali government forces under President Siad Barre. The SNM launched an assault on the mountainous regions of Somaliland, aiming to resist the oppressive...

three brigades led by commanders such as Colonel Xuseen Dheere. Their assault targeted SNA positions, leveraging extensive reconnaissance and coordination...

Somaliland). The campaign involved indiscriminate aerial bombardments and ground assaults on the cities of Hargeisa and Burao, resulting in large-scale destruction...

instances occurred in 1991, when Barre's regime initiated a ruthless aerial assault that led to the deaths of numerous innocent individuals in the town of...

27 May 1988, SNM forces, led by Col. Ahmed Mire Mohamed, commenced an assault on Burao. The attack was notable for its surprise element, with SNM fighters...

associated Mohamud with two separate Al-Shabaab attacks in 2014 in the Mandera area. On 4 April, Al-Shabaab issued a statement in English aimed at the...

to breach the defenses of the Somali National Army bases. The initial assault caused confusion and panic both SNA and (Somali: Macawisley) forces, leading...

civilians in retaliation. The SNM originally planned to attack Adadley, Mandera and Berbera, and to then advance into Hargeisa and Berbera, however the...

southwest of Berbera; Sheikh Abdal, near the central Mandera Prison; Dubato; Dala, located east of Mandera Prison; and Lasa-Da'awo. The genocide continued...

respectively. The former faction was active between Wajir, Moyale, and Mandera, whereas the latter was led by Maalim Mohammed Stamboul and operated near...

1988, SNM forces, led by Col. Ahmed Mire Mohamed, initiated a coordinated assault on Hargeisa. The operation was meticulously planned, with prior reconnaissance...

prisons were improving, due to UN supervision. Half of the 765 prisoners in Mandera Prison were detained on the orders of regional or district security committees...

during the against government forces during the early 1980s. The SSDF assaults culminated in a joint invasion with Ethiopian troops in 1982, which stalemated...

National Army assisted by AMISOM troops and Ras Kamboni militia launched an assault on Kismayo, al-Shabaab's last major stronghold. The allied forces reportedly...

by Al Shabaab killed 64 persons in Mandera County. On 22 November 2014, gunmen attacked a bus traveling from Mandera to Nairobi, killing 28 persons, mostly...

secessionist conflict in which ethnic Somalis in the Lamu, Garissa, Wajir and Mandera counties (all except Lamu formed part of the former North Eastern Province...

charities". The Italian Insider. Retrieved 14 April 2019. "Il governo manderà soldati italiani in Niger". Il Post. 14 December 2017. Retrieved 14 April...

was attacked by unidentified assailants near the Kenyan-Somali border in Mandera. It is, however, unclear whether Al-Shabaab was behind the attack. On 28...

bus near Mandera and kill 28 non-Muslims. December 2: Al Shabaab militants murder 36 mostly Christian workers at a quarry near Koromey, Mandera County in...