East Africa: Somalia Admits Tiff With Kenya 'Profiting' Al-Shabaab Militants

17 January 2021

The Somalia government officials have made a subtle admission that the diplomatic tiff with Kenya is profiting the terror group Al-Shabaab, even as opposition politicians chided Mogadishu for cutting links which they would have used to iron out differences.

The claims emerged last week as a special team from Djibouti toured both countries to gather facts on the cause and nature of a spat between Kenya and Somalia.

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