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History of Al-Shabaab and its link with Kenya

Members of security forces arrive at the scene of explosions and gunshots, at the dusitD2 Hotel compound, in Nairobi, Kenya January 15, 2019. [Photo: Reuters]

The Somali-based Al Shabaab terror group that claimed responsibility for yesterday’s attack in Nairobi has waged a bloody campaign on Kenyan soil in retaliation for the presence of the country’s troops in the war-torn Horn of Africa nation.

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