Three masons are missing after they were abducted by suspected Al-Shabaab militants in Mandera County on Wednesday evening. Non-locals have been targeted in the area and killed or injured in attacks by suspected militants in efforts to derail development. Two Cuban doctors who were kidnapped from Mandera Town in April 2019 are still operating in Al-Shabaab controlled areas in Somalia. Last week, at least three Al-Shabaab militants were killed after an IED they were assembling exploded on them in Fafi, Garissa County. On September 2, an IED set up at Wantey, Bura-Hache in Mandera killed one security official and destroyed an Armoured Personnel Carrier.

Source: Standard Digital September 24, 2020 10:41 UTC