Kenya says its border wall with Somalia improved security
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05 May 2021 16:03
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MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - Kenyan government has hinted resumption of Kenya-Somalia border security wall which was suspended a year ago following talks between Somalia and Kenya.
Officials who spoke to The Star, a local newspaper based in Kenyan capital, the construction significantly improved the security of Mandera county and its neighbouring counties.
In 2015 government of Kenya had begun the construction of a 700Km long security wall along its North-eastern region border with Somalia to curb cross-border attacks by Al-shabaab fighters.
The exercise includes designated immigration and custom entry points with a two-foot-tall concrete barrier fitted with CCTV cameras started on both Lamu and Mandera stretches and is continuing amid resistance from some quarters.
In 2011, Kenya had sent its troops to Somalia to fight al-Shabaab fighters after gunmen seized tourists at the Coastal areas of the East Africa nation.
A year later, Kenya’s troops joined African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) which help Somali government in the fight against the militants.Kenya which has over 4,500 soldiers in southern Somalia succeeded to liberate several towns including Kismayu from the militants.
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Kenya says its border wall with Somalia improved security
MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - Kenyan government has hinted resumption of Kenya-Somalia border security wall which was suspended a year ago following talks between Somalia and Kenya.