Al Shabaab is a Threat to the World and Global Peace; Somalia's President Warns

As Kenya battles militants from Somalia, who launched a very colossal terrorist attack on Westgate shopping mall in the capital Nairobi killing several people including a foremost Ghanaian cum African poet; Kofi Awoonor, Uganda expressly boosted its security while the Somali leader has come out to diplomatically warn the world on the danger al Shabaab poses.

AP reports that the President of Somalia says the group claiming responsibility for the terrorist attack at a Kenyan mall presents a threat not just to Africa, but to the entire world. Kenyan authorities say dozens of people have died in the attack. Somali militant group al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility.

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says reports that some of the attackers may have been Somalis who lived in the US illustrate the global nature of al-Shabaab. Mohamud said after a Monday speech at Ohio State University in Columbus that he has spoken with the president of Kenya and plans to visit the country.

Mohamud says his government is committed to uprooting al-Shabaab. He says maintaining security is his top priority as Somalia rebuilds after decades of civil war and terrorist threats. The apparent peopling of the mall by foreigners made it the best and a formidable chosen destination for the militants.

The Kenyan mall was a real target that could effect the necessary collateral and psychological damage terrorism always intends to achieve with its 'unseen' hands without accountability. The Somali President urged the world not to desert Somalia as doing so would constitute a real danger. Ethiopia too must not go to bed with its two eyes close as every country who participated in the demoralisation of al Shabaab could be potential target.