In Kenya, three persons have been charged with the murders of 76 people killed when bombs exploded as they watched the World Cup on TV in Uganda. They have yet to enter pleas and will remain in custody until their next appearance on 27 August. A Somali Islamist Group Al Shabab has claimed that it carried out the attacks. Ugandan peacekeepers are in Somalia helping the UN backed Government against al Shabab, which is thought to have links with al Qaeda. Earlier this week, the African Union pledged to boost its peacekeeping force in Somalia by four thousand soldiers after a summit meeting in Ugandan capital, Kampala.