“Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, launched three separate attacks in Kenya and Somalia today, symbolizing its continued lethality. The jihadist group launched a suicide assault on a Djiboutian military base, an ambush on Ethiopian troops, an assassination of a top Somali intelligence official, and an attack on Christians in a Kenyan border town.”
Source: Shabaab launches series of strikes in Kenya, Somalia | The Long War Journal