The Kenyan government has announced that it has postponed the reopening of its border with Somalia after the recent attacks on its territory attributed to the extremist Islamist movement Al-Shabaab.
Home Minister Kethuri Kindike indicated that the gradual reopening of the Mandera, Lamu and Garissa border points could not take place as announced in May.
The move comes after the deaths of 5 civilians and 8 policemen in separate attacks near the border last month that were blamed on the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabaab group.
The border was officially closed in October 2011 due to attacks by Al-Shabaab, which has been waging an insurgency against the central government in Mogadishu for more than 15 years.
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