US pledges to offer $10 Million to anyone who gets information about Alshabab’s top leaders

The United States of America has announced that it was upping its reward for information about prominent Al-Shabaab leaders in Somalia to $10 million each.

The US said it would pay up to $10 million for information leading to the identification of Al-Shabaab “emir” Ahmed Diriye, second-in-command Mahad Karate, and Jehad Mostafa, a US citizen who had various roles in the group, including the military instructor, bombmaker and head of media. The FBI believes Mostafa to be the highest-ranking Al-Shabaab fighter with US citizenship.

U.S. ambassador to Somalia Larry Andre, speaking in Nairobi Monday, said the new $10 million reward – doubled from the previous offer — will complement the Somali government’s effort to defeat the al-Qaida-affiliated terrorist group.

U.S. officials said arresting the al-Shabab leaders will disrupt the group’s operations and safeguard the region’s peace and prosperity. Last month, the US sanctioned over a dozen men suspected of being Al Shabaab financial facilitators and arms traffickers