{"id":21183,"date":"2015-11-11T07:05:23","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T07:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/us-offers-rewards-in-hunt-for-somalia-s-al-shabab\/"},"modified":"2015-11-11T07:04:55","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T07:04:55","slug":"us-offers-rewards-in-hunt-for-somalia-s-al-shabab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/us-offers-rewards-in-hunt-for-somalia-s-al-shabab\/","title":{"rendered":"US offers rewards in hunt for Somalia’s al-Shabab leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"

{The US government is offering $27m (\u00a318m) in rewards for information on the whereabouts of six leaders of the Somalia-based al-Shabab group.}<\/p>\n

The highest reward is $6m for the group’s leader Abu Ubaidah.<\/p>\n

He replaced Ahmed Abdi Godane, who was killed in a US drone strike last year.<\/p>\n

Among those being hunted is Mahad Karate, also known as Abdirahman Mohamed Warsame, believed to be a key player in the attack on a Kenyan university which killed 148 people. <\/p>\n

The group, part of al-Qaeda, is battling the UN-backed government in Somalia and has also carried out a string of attacks in neighbouring Kenya.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Kenyan security forces destroyed five suspected al-Shabab hideouts in the Bono forest close to the Somali border, according to Reuters news agency. <\/p>\n

The rewards<\/p>\n

$6m for Abu Ubaidah also known as Direye, named al-Shabab leader in September 2014
\n $5m for Mahad Karate, also known as Abdirahman Mohamed Warsame, accused of playing key role in Garissa University College attack
\n $5m for Ma’alim Daud who the US thinks is responsible for al-Shabab’s recruitment and training
\n $5m for Hassan Afgooye who is believed to oversee the financing of al-Shabab
\n $3m for Maalim Salman who the US says he has been involved in operations in Africa targeting tourists
\n $3m for Ahmed Iman Ali who the US believes to have recruited Kenyans<\/p>\n

\"Al-Shabab<\/figure>\n

BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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