Armed members of the hardline Al Shabaab Islamist rebel group stand guard outside a retail store in southern Mogadishus Bakara market. Al-Shabaab has issued orders to be observed by the people
Members of the Al Shabaab Islamist rebel group in Mogadishu.
Members of Somalias hardline Islamist rebel group al Shabaab.
Hundreds of families have fled Afmadow in southern Somalia as Kenyan and Somali government forces close in on it to oust the Al-Shabab militia group. Read more »
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