Nairobi, Nov. 14 -- The US State Department has offered a $10 million (Sh1.2 billion) reward to anyone with information leading to the arrest of three al-Shabaab leaders, bringing the total reward value to Sh3.6 billion.

An additional Sh1.2 billion has been offered for information leading to the disruption of the financial mechanisms of the Somalia-based terror group.

"The US Department of State's Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program, which is administered by the Diplomatic Security Service, is increasing its reward offers to up to $10 million each for information leading to the identification or location of al-Shabaab key leaders Ahmed Diriye, Mahad Karate, and Jehad Mostafa," the government agency said in a statement on Monday.

Mr Diriy...