Kenya’s Somali Contradiction

The recent attack on Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall was, according to al-Shabaab, the Islamist militant group that carried it out, retribution for Kenya’s intervention in Somalia. But, given the weakness and corruption of the Kenyan state, the cycle of violence will be very difficult to break.

NAIROBI – The attack that killed more than 70 people at Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall last week was, according to al-Shabaab, the Somali Islamist militant group that carried it out, retribution for Kenya’s intervention in Somalia. That raises a simple question: What is Kenya doing in Somalia, and is it worth the price?

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