JUST IN: Mandera Chiefs Freed from al-Shabaab Captivity After Two-Month Ordeal in Somalia 

  Five Kenyan chiefs abducted by al-Shabaab militants in Mandera County have finally been released after spending two harrowing months in captivity across the border in Somalia. The five administrators—Mohammed Adawa, Mohammed Hassan, Mohammed Noor, Assistant Chief Ibrahim Gabow, and Senior Chief Abdi Suraw—regained their freedom on Sunday, April 6 in Jilb, Somalia, officials confirmed. Local elders, who were deeply involved in the negotiations, said the chiefs were handed over to Garreh community elders in the Somali town. Plans are now in motion to safely return them to Elwak, their hometown in Mandera County. “We have good news that our chiefs who were abducted in Mandera have been released and they are now in the hands of
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