Somalia: Thousands of Somalis Protest Al-Shabaab in Garowe

Nearly 20,000 people gathered in Garowe's Liberty Square on Sunday (February 24th) to protest al-Shabaab, largely in response to the recent killing of Sheikh Abdulkadir Nur Farah, who was shot in the back as he was kneeling to pray in a mosque, Somalia's Garowe Online reported.

Protestors carried banners with slogans such as "Al-Shabaab is a cancer that needs to be severed" and "Sheikh Abdulkadir was killed so there is no light at the end of the tunnel".

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