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Kenya 'begins construction' of Somalia security barrier

Kenyan youths have begun to build a fence between Somalia and Kenya (AFP Photo)

Nairobi - Kenyan youths have begun construction of a security barrier along the vast and porous border neighbouring war-torn Somalia, although critics have scoffed it cannot work, reports said Thursday.

The proposed barrier is the latest in a string of measures Kenya has announced to stem attacks by Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents in the wake of a university massacre in the northeastern town of Garissa.

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