American troops are helping their Kenyan counterparts to patrol the Somalia border, the commander of its task force in the Horn has said. The revelation came during an Associated Press interview with Brig-Gen Samuel Helland, the head of a 2,000-strong US anti-terrorism force that has been in Djibouti for the past two years.
The patrols involve an unspecified number of US and Kenyan troops, and appear to be intended to help to prevent terrorists from crossing into Kenya Full Story>> |