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US confident of a much weaker al-Shabaab
Monday March 15 2021
The most recent attack by al-Shabaab was in January 2020 in Manda Bay camp, in Lamu, southern Kenya, where they killed three American servicemen. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
Summary
Analysts are concerned that al-Shabaab is using the current lull in attacks against Kenya to recruit local sleeper cells for future attacks.
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After withdrawing its troops from Somalia, the United States said al-Shabaab’s capability to carry out full-scale attacks in Kenya have been significantly degraded.
John Godfrey, acting co-ordinator for Counter-Terrorism and acting Special Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS said at a webinar on March 11, that the US in collaboration with Kenya had made progress in thwarting al-Shabaab’s ability to plan and execute attacks on Kenyan soil.