Kenya warns of the risk that groups such as Al-Shabaab could carry out attacks in “solidarity” with Hamas after the Palestinian militant group’s bloody assault on Israel.
The East African country has suffered a number of attacks carried out by the Somalia-based Al-Shabaab since sending troops into its neighbour in 2011 to battle the Al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadists.
Al-Shabaab, which has been waging a deadly insurgency for more than 15 years against Somalia’s fragile central government, issued a statement on Wednesday praising the surprise weekend assault by Hamas. The Kenyan foreign ministry on Saturday said it condemned “in the strongest terms possible, the unprovoked attack by Hamas militants on the people of Israel”.Also receive offers from The Africa Report's partners
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