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Somalia calls for regional collaboration to deal with terrorism
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
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Somali government on Monday urged regional cooperation to counter growing threat from terrorist groups following on going deadly attack on shopping mall in the Kenya capital, Nairobi.
Speaker of Somali Parliament Mohamed Osman Jawari, who is also acting president, said the Westgate Shopping Mall attack highlights the importance of collaboration of governments in the region to bring about "sustainable peace."
"We need to work together and find a common approach to deal with the scourge of violence," Jawari said in a statement.
Somali top leadership has condemned the ongoing attack on Nairobi's upscale shopping mall claimed by the militant Al-Shabaab group in Somalia.
The Kenyan Interior Ministry said 62 people have been confirmed dead and 175 others have been injured since the Al-Qaida linked militants stormed the shopping mall on Saturday.
Kenya has been experiencing insecurity since October 2011 when it sent its troops across the border into southern Somalia to fight militant rebel fighters of Al-Shabaab.
Kenyan troops backing Somali forces ousted the militant group from their main stronghold of the strategic Kismayo port city in southern Somalia and other key areas.
Kenya accused the Somali Al-Qaida affiliate of causing insecurity after carrying out kidnappings of foreign tourists inside Kenya. The common border between the two East Africa countries remains largely unprotected and porous.
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- AP
Americans, Briton among Westgate attackers, Government says
- Daily Nation
Kenya Westgate atrocity is al-Shabaab's way of escalating Somali conflict
- The Guardian
Uganda beefs up security in Kampala malls
- The Star
Kenya Raid Is First Regional Strike by New Somali Rebel Head
- Bloomberg
Kenya official: Several Americans among attackers
- AP
Somalis in U.S. condemn Kenyan mall attack
- USA TODAY
Kenyan Govt: Army in Control of Besieged Mall, All Hostages Free
- VOA
Gunmen still inside besieged Kenyan mall, sources say
- CNN
Kenya troops ‘in control’ of mall after three-day bloodbath
- AFP
Somalia 'stands resolute with Kenyan friends'
- ITV News
Somalia: Ethiopia Could Face 'Large-Scale' Attacks From Somalia's Al-Shabaab - Opposition
- Sudan Tribune
Somalia: Terrorists Rob Somalia of Healthcare
- IPS
Nairobi Attack Tied to Kenyan Involvement in Somalia, says a Former US Diplomat
- VOA
Somalia's Al-Shabab: 4 Things To Know
- NPR
Gunmen who stormed Kenya mall reportedly spoke English, were from different countries
- Washington Post
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