Somalia: Somali Clan Elder Accuses Kenya of Sheltering Laftagareen and Associates Linked to Al-Shabaab

Mogadishu, Somalia — A prominent elder from Somalia’s Mudulood clan has accused Kenya of hosting Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen and his associates, whom he alleged have links to the Al-Shabaab and are responsible for bloodshed of Somali and Kenyan civilians.

Caaqil Nur Hussein Ali made the accusations at a news conference in Mogadishu on Thursday, sharply criticising the Kenyan government for allegedly providing shelter and political asylum to Laftagareen, his associates and his…