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US donates patrol boats to Kenya as Somalia unrest fears rise

The United States said it would donate six powerful armored speedboats to Kenya to boost patrols along its Indian Ocean coast amid fears of a spread in unrest from neighboring Somalia. Just days after Kenyan authorities announced stepped up security measures on the Somali border, the US embassy in Nairobi said the boats, worth three million dollars (2.4 million euros), would enhance those efforts. Full Story