Somalia's al Qaeda-linked rebels vowed on Saturday to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden and said his death would not hurt thier fight to topple the country's Western-backed government.
Analysts have said bin Laden's death is unlikely to dampen the insurgency waged by Somalia's al Shabaab militants, who are regrouping amind infighting among the country's politicians after a recent government offensive.
After news broke of bin Laden's death in Pakistan, some al Shabaab combatants in the Somali capital Mogadishu wore white as a sign of grief.
"We shall redouble our jihad and we shall overpower our enemies. Osama is not the first martyr, may God rest his soul," al Shabaab spokesman Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage told reporters on Saturday.
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