Kenya arrests Ugandans heading for ‘Somalia fight’
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Somali soldiers patrol near the scene of a blast in Somalia's capital Mogadishu. Somali soldiers patrol near the scene of a blast in Somalia's capital Mogadishu.
Nairobi - Kenyan police have arrested 29 Ugandans suspected of seeking to join Islamist rebels in Somalia, a police spokesman said on Sunday.
The suspects were arrested in Nairobi and were “undergoing interrogation,” Eric Kiraithe told AFP. “Police are investigating them because they are believed to have been headed to Somalia to fight” alongside Shebab rebels. - Sapa-AFP