Stay of border reopening pigeonholes Somalia-EAC dreams, fulfils Shabaab wish

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Photo illustration of boots stepping on a flag. PHOTO | LISA MUGUNDA | NMG

Kenya on Wednesday announced that it would delay the planned phased reopening of its border with Somalia to address the recent wave of terror attacks and cross-border crime.

The reopening would have ended a 12-year close-off that began in 2011, when Kenya launched the "Operation Linda Nchi" intervention in Somalia to fight Al Shabaab militants who had staged several deadly attacks and kidnappings across the border.