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Kenya to delay re-opening Somali border over “wave of attacks”

Kenya to delay re-opening Somali border over “wave of attacks”

KENYA will delay re-opening its border with Somalia because of a "wave of attacks" it blames on al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militants, interior minister Kithure Kindiki said. In May the two governments agreed to reopen within 90 days several border posts including Mandera, Liboi, and Kiunga, which have been closed since 2011 when Kenya sent its forces into southern Somalia to help fight al Shabaab. Advertisement · Scroll to continue More than a dozen people have been killed along their shared border in the last month, part of what security analysts say are ongoing efforts by al Shabaab to pressure Kenya into withdrawing its…
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Soldiers attack ex-president’s residence

Soldiers attack ex-president’s residence

FORMER Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has revealed that soldiers had attacked his residence and that President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed was responsible. His accusation came as Somali soldiers exchanged gunfire in the streets of the capital Mogadishu, in a sign of deepening splits in the security forces between those supporting an extension of Mohamed's presidential term and those opposed. Analysts say the divisions could distract Somalia's security forces from the fight against al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab insurgents in the Horn of Africa nation. The president signed a law in mid-April extending his mandate for two years, stoking opposition inside Somalia…
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