$7m PRICE ON SOMALI MILITANTS

A price of $7m (£4.5m) on al-Shabab's founder and commander, Ahmed Abdi aw-Mohamud Godane. This would be the first time for the US government to offer money for specific members of the group which announced its allegiance to al-Qaeda earlier this year.

Despite recent loses al-Shabab still controls much part of the country but its under pressure from African union and Somalian Government forces who have US and European funding.