Kenya: The growing threat of IED attacks

Kenyan soldiers continue to suffer the brunt of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) attacks putting the rising use of the IEDs by Al-Shabaab in the spotlight.

There is no doubt that IEDs are increasingly the weapons of choice for the terror group.

The group frequently targets Somali and AMISOM military convoys with IEDs as part of their deadly ambushes on supply routes in south-central Somalia.

A year barely passes without IED attacks being reported in North-Eastern where Kenya shares its border with Somalia.