Al-Shabab threatens Somalia's elders over upcoming elections

The al-Shabab extremist group is warning Somalia's traditional elders against taking part in upcoming elections, saying it will deal with them "with an iron hand".

The 135 elders later this month will begin the selection of 275 members of parliament who would vote in a new president. The political process would result in this Horn of Africa nation having lower and upper houses of parliament for the first time