East Africa: Kenya, Somalia Seal Pact to Hit Shabaab

18 October 2011

Nairobi — The Kenya and Somali governments on Tuesday agreed on a joint strategy to wipe out the al Shabaab militants.

As Kenyan troops moved deeper into Somalia, taking ground previously held by the militant group, a meeting in Mogadishu attended by Kenyan Foreign minister Moses Wetang'ula, Defence minister Yusuf Haji and Somalia President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed and Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed, discussed the joint military offensive against the insurgents.

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