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Kenyan security chiefs ousted after quarry massacre
Kenya’s president has removed the country’s interior minister and police chief, hours after Somalia’s Shebab rebels carried out a fresh massacre.
Al-Qaeda linked rebels abandon last bastion in Somalia
"The military command of al-Shebaab mujahedeen ordered a tactical retreat at midnight," spokesperson Ali Mohamud Rage told AFP.
Aid groups ready to work with rebels
Al-Qaeda-inspired Shebab rebels in Somalia will accept help from relief groups, lifting the two year ban on foreign aid.
Somalia: It’s famine, says UN
The UN has formally declared parts of Somalia to be in the grip of famine, a move hailed by rebels who now say they will allow aid to be distributed.