A top Somali Islamist official has led his group to join Al-Shabaab, Somalia's hard-line insurgent group.
Sheikh Hassan Abdullahi Al-Turki, Hizbul Islam's second in command who also leads Raskamboni Brigade which controls large parts of southern Somalia inked agreement with Al-Shabaab to merge the two forces.
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