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Al Shabaab split a dilemma for Kenya’s security forces

Soldiers take orders in Somalia. [PHOTO: COURTESY]

NAIROBI: News that the Al Shabaab has split into competing factions is good and bad news for Kenya in its efforts to combat terrorism in the New Year.

Recently, the terror group split - one supporting the blood-thirsty Islamic State, Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the other supporting Al Qaeda founded by Osama Bin Laden.

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