Kenya: Three Charged With Conspiring to Commit Terrorist Act in Mandera

Nairobi — Three men have been charged at the Kahawa Law Courts with conspiracy to commit a terrorist act, including the planned kidnapping of a foreign national in Mandera.

The suspects–Somali national Isaq Cabdi Xasan, alias Issack Mohammed, and Kenyans Noor Yakub Ali and Yusuf Maalim–allegedly conspired with others not before the court on or before February 18, 2025, to carry out the attack.

They also faced charges of being members of the outlawed terrorist group Al-Shabaab, contrary to…