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Somali government places bounty on al-Shabab leaders' heads
African Union and Somali government troops have recaptured major cities from the militants in Somalia in recent years, but al-Shabab has managed to hold on to territory in the South
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Somalia's government has placed a bounty on heads of the top 11 leaders of militant Islamist group al-Shabab .
A list of their names, nicknames and origins was issued after a cabinet meeting - and a week after al-Shabab's attack on a Kenyan university.
Heading the list is the group’s leader Ahmed Diriye, with $250,000 being offered as a reward for information leading to his capture.
The militant group was recently in the limelight after a small group of gunmen from the organisation massacred 148 people at Garissa University College on April 2nd, mostly students.
The al-Qaeda-affiliated militant group had promised a "long, gruesome war" against Kenya, for its support of the African Union force in Somalia.
