Somalia: Jubaland says Kenya security wall construction ceased
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- Posted On 16-11-2015, 03:00PM
KISMAYO, Somalia, November 16, 2015 (Garowe Online)-Jubaland administration in southern Somalia said, neighboring Kenya has stepped back from a controversial move to construct a security wall along border with Somalia, Garowe Online reports.
Jubaland’s second Vice President, Abdulkadir Haji Mohamed (Lugadere) told VOA Somalia Service that Kenya relinquished its counter-terrorism strategy to bar off Al Shabaab threats through the implementation of ambitious wall project.
Kenya, which just last week began flattening down colonial border posts has not officially rescinded its decision.
In weekly cabinet meeting, Somalia’s Federal Government expressed displeasure on the unilateral move.
On smuggling of sugar and charcoal sacks, Lugadere dismissed media reports as ‘propaganda’.
Kenyan Defence Forces crossed the border into Somalia in 2011 in response to a series of kidnappings and terror operations by Al Qaeda-linked Al Shabaab militants.
GAROWE ONLINE
