Kenya has announced that it will reopen the border between the two countries, which it closed following an attack by Somalia-based al-Shabaab fifteen years ago.

Kenya's border with Somalia, which has been closed due to attacks by the Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab, will reopen in April after 15 years, President William Ruto has announced.

The militant group, which operates in Somalia, has carried out a series of attacks in Kenya.

These include the 2013 attack on a shopping mall in the capital, Nairobi, which killed 67 people, and the Garissa University attack two years later, which killed 148 people.

Ruto said the decision to reopen the border crossings between the two countries followed a years-long security review.

He added that there would be a heavy deployment of security forces to ensure that the move did not pose a security threat.

Kenya also fears illegal weapons and other contraband items entering through the border.