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Somalia and Kenya located in the Horn of Africa region share a long porous border that is prone to cross-border Al-Shabaab attacks.

The former prime minister also stated that the recent decision by the Supreme Court to dismiss his petition, challenging Ruto's election, was 'not based on the facts and the law'.

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Hassan Sheikh is among the African leaders invited to the inauguration of the president-elect of Kenya William Ruto which is slated for September 13, according to Keydmedia Online sources.

An advance delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia, Abshir Omar Huruuse, is also heading to Garowe today to pave the way for the president to arrive in the city.

Ruto's election comes just few weeks after Hassan Sheikh signed deal on Khat and aviation with Uhuru in Nairobi.

More than 22 million people are registered to vote in this election in which economic issues could be of greater importance than the ethnic tensions that have marked past votes with sometimes deadly results.

The latest news reaching the KON desk from the area indicates that the Kenyan defense forces [KDF] are conducting operations to flush out Al-Shabaab from their base's nearby villages.

Al-Shabaab has been executing people in public places on suspicion of working with the Somali, Kenya, UK, and American Intelligence Services as the group doesn't allow the suspects for lawyers.

The Muslim community in Kenya expressed outrage over the derogatory remarks against the NTV journalist by Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha and called for his immediate sacking.

Somalia banned miraa imports from Kenya in 2020 following a diplomatic fallout between the two countries during the leadership of former President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo.  

Al-Shabaab has stepped up its terror attacks in Somalia as new PM Hamza Abdi Barre vowed to defeat the militant group through military and non-military means.