Al Shabaab being pushed back in SOmalia as Kenya invades

A push by the Kenyan military into Somalia has been slowed by heavy rain, a military spokesman said on Tuesday.

Kenya has acted – saying it has the right to defend itself – after a rash of kidnappings of Europeans by Somali militants inside Kenya.

As the Kenyan ground forces made slow progress towards a strategic Somalia town, the country's defence and foreign ministers arrived in Mogadishu for talks.

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Lets hope this goes well - al Shabaab need to be dealt with quite urgently, but they have been causing chaos for a long time now.