'Vigilance is key': al Shabaab threat rising in Kenya's northeast
23rd July 2023
Kenya is no stranger to the long-running Islamist insurgency in Somalia and has been repeatedly targeted by Al-Shabaab since it sent troops into the country in 2011 as part of an African Union force.
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1. Kenya's President William Ruto gives a speech during the 5th mid-year coordination meeting of the African Union, at the United Nations (UN) offices in Gigiri, Nairobi, on July 16, 2023. AFP
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Nairobi, Kenya
In Kenya's rural northeast, roadside bombs and beheadings that killed two dozen people last month appear to be part of a troubling escalation of violence by al-Qaeda-linked