Al-Shabab suspected in Kenya ambush, 12 killed
A day after a Kenyan air raid over al-Shabab’s bases in Somalia, 12 people were killed in an ambush attack by suspected militants.
A day after a Kenyan air raid over al-Shabab’s bases in Somalia, 12 people were killed in an ambush attack by suspected militants.
Officials have said al-Shabaab attackers stormed a remote police camp in north-east Kenya, killing seven people and kidnapping three.
A grenade attack in Garissa, northern Kenya, killed two people on Saturday, hours after a UN aid convoy struck a landmine.
Hundreds of Somali refugees have fled to Kenya after rebels suspected of links to al-Qaeda seized a Somali town near the border, residents said.
Somalia’s government has recruited more than 170 young Kenyans and former servicemen to help it fight rebels, local leaders in eastern Kenya say.
Chaos in Somalia is spilling over its borders, fuelling a climate of suspicion in Kenya where recruiters have been seeking new jihadists.