Cuba President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez has said he is working with leaders from Kenya and Somalia to secure the return of two Cuban doctors abducted by gunmen last week.
At least 11 people have been killed after al-Shabaab militants attacked a government building in the capital, Mogadishu.
Amnesty International says there is credible evidence that US airstrikes in Somalia are killing civilians.
At least eight people have been killed in an explosion at a livestock market in Somalia’s southwestern Bay region.
The US military has conducted an airstrike in Somalia in response to an attack by al-Shabaab militants against a Somali-led force and its accompanying US military advisors.
The United States military says it has killed 55 al-Shabaab militants during airstrikes over the past two days.
Kenya has joined the Global Coalition against Daesh, an international group of nations standing together in the fight against Islamic State.
At least 11 people were killed in a car bomb attack in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Monday.
Kenya has held a memorial in Nairobi to honour six of those who died in last week’s terrorist attack on a popular hotel in the capital.
The US military says it has killed 52 al-Shabaab extremists in Somalia during its deadliest airstrike in the country for months.
