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Al-Shabab said afterward that its target had been the new U.N. envoy to Somalia, James Swan, who had left the office minutes earlier.
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Kenya will still face a "localized and grassroots" challenge from the extremists even if it withdraws troops from Somalia, where U.S. and African Union forces are fighting al-Shabab, said Ryan Cummings, director at Signal Risk, a risk management firm that focuses on Africa.
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