On 22 May, Al-Shabaab’s media arm, the Al-Kataib Media Foundation, released a video featuring the graduation of a new batch of militants, recruited from several countries in the East African Region. In the video, a spokesman for the group calls for the targeting of AMISOM forces, and specifically, Kenyan forces. Emphasis was placed on the oppression of Muslims by Christians in Kenya, with Mpeketoni specifically mentioned, recalling a 2014 al-Shabaab crossborder raid on the coastal town. It is possible that the group seeks to expand its operations not only against KDF forces supporting AMISOM operations in Somalia, but also to increase attacks in Kenya itself. During the week that the video was released, several KDF police and military personnel were killed in IED attacks in Garissa and Mandera counties on the border with Somalia. [source]