The Somali militant group has also placed a bounty of two camels for information on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
An audio statement posted on jihadist websites purportedly from Al-Shabaab jeered news that the US is offering millions of dollars for information on seven key members of Al-Shabaab through its Rewards for Justice programme, CNN reported.
The man on the audio claimed to be Fuad Mohamed Khalaf, considered by the State Department to be Al-Shabaab's leading fundraiser. The US has offered USD 5 million for information of his whereabouts.
"Whoever brings the mujahidin information about the whereabouts of infidel Obama and the lady of Bill Clinton, the woman named Hillary Clinton, I will give a reward," the man said.
CNN, however, said it could not independently verify the authenticity of the audio recording, which was purportedly made by Khalaf during a speech to followers in the southern port city of Merca.
The US State Department's Rewards for Justice programme is offering USD 7 million for information on the location of Ahmed Abdi Aw-Mohamed, the founder of the Islamist group in Somalia.
In announcing the bounties on Mohamed and his key associates, the State Department has called al-Shabaab "a threat to the stability of East Africa and to the national security interests of the United States."
The State Department said it is also offering up to USD 5 million each for information leading to the location of four of Aw-Mohamed's associates, including Khalaf. In addition, it is offering up to USD 3 million each for two of the terror group's other leaders. PTI
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