US charges 14 over links to Somalia's al-Shabab

Thu Aug 5, 2010

BBC News

US officials have charged 14 people with providing money, personnel and services to the Somali militant group al-Shabab.

The charges stem from four separate indictments in the US states of Minnesota, Alabama and California.

Concerns about al-Shabab have grown after the group carried out a bomb attack in Uganda.

On Wednesday, a man was charged with attempting to support al-Qaeda and al-Shabab.