By AFP More by this AuthorThe United States on Tuesday offered a $5 million reward for information on the whereabouts of a leader of the Somalia militia group Al Shabaab. Al Shabaab has been waging a violent insurgency against the government of Somalia for more than 15 years. "The terrorist group continues to plot, plan, and conspire to commit terrorist acts against the US, its interests, and foreign partners," the State Department said. Read: How Westgate attack changed Kenya security lawsTwo years after Westgate, Al Shabaab fighters attacked Garissa University in eastern Kenya, killing 148 people, almost all students. In 2019, Al Shabaab gunmen killed 21 people at the upscale Dusit hotel complex in Nairobi.

Source: Daily Nation October 19, 2023 06:07 UTC