Unpaid Troops Vacate Somali Town

Heavily armed Al-Shabaab fighters poured into Goofgaduud on a truck shortly after the the army left.

  • Somalia:   Unpaid Troops Vacate Gofgadud Town

    Shabelle, 2 November 2016

    Somali government forces have pulled out of Goofgaduud, a key area located around 30Km north of Baidoa for second time in a week over unpaid payments, a military commander said. Read more »

A pickup truck carrying soldiers of the Somali National Army (file photo).

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