Kenyan Troops Aim to Take Kismayo by August

Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga pledged that Kenyan troops will liberate the Somalian city of Kismayo, by August.

Odinga also asked the international community to lend support for the mission, specifically the US and EU.

Kismayo is currently held by the jihadist group al-Shabab.

Kenyan troops have recently captured the stronghold of Afmadow, and now believe that they can take the key city of Kismayo, through which al-Shabab gets most of it's supplies.

In October, Kenyan troops were sent into Somalia, after a series of raids across the Kenyan border, by al-Shabab militants.