Horn of Africa on alert as suicide attacks threatened

THE supreme leader of Somalia’s powerful Islamist movement has purportedly authorised suicide attacks against “prominent” targets in Kenya and Ethiopia, the United States said.

As the Islamists and weak Somali government gird for war after the collapse of peace talks, the US embassies in Nairobi and Addis Ababa warned Americans “to use extreme” caution while in Kenya and Ethiopia, citing the threat.

They said they had information about “reports of terrorist threats emanating from extremist elements within Somalia, which target Kenya, Ethiopia, and other surrounding countries.”