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Somalia:
Al Shabaab Retakes Towns Following Allied Forces Pull Out
Shabelle, 2 July 2016
Al Shabaab fighters have retaken full control of two strategic towns in Bakol province , a day after Somali and AU troops surprise withdrawal, according to local… Read more »
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Somalia:
Al-Shabaab Be-heads Two for Cooperating With Security Forces
Radio Dalsan, 5 July 2016
Armed group Alshabaab have be-headed two telecommunication staff in Galcad in Galgadud region. The two who were staff of the leading Somali telecommunication company Hormud were… Read more »
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Uganda:
Govt Reconsiders Troop Pullout From Somalia, Museveni Says
Shabelle, 5 July 2016
Uganda is reconsidering plans to withdraw its troops from Somalia, where an African Union force fighting al-Qaeda-linked militants hasn't received allowances from the European… Read more »
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Somalia:
Amisom Divisions Threaten Somalia's Fragile Stability
Daily Maverick, 5 July 2016
By general consensus, the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia is about the only thing keeping that country from falling apart. Except that the mission is struggling to… Read more »
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Somalia:
Suspected Al Shabaab 'Brides' Among Six Arrested in Kwale
Shabelle, 2 July 2016
Six terror suspects, including four who police referred to as al Shabaab brides, were questioned by Kwale detectives on Friday. Read more »
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Somalia:
SNA Repulse 'Al Shabaab' Ambush in Shalanbod
Shabelle, 3 July 2016
Reports reaching us from Shalanbod town in lower Shabeele region indicate that suspected Al-shabaab fighters attacked government forces base in the town. Read more »
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Somalia:
Is Al-Shabaab Regaining Ground?
East African, 2 July 2016
At least 15 people were killed on June 25 when gunmen stormed Naso Hablod hotel in Mogadishu after a suicide bomber detonating a car filled with explosives at the hotel's gate. Read more »
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Somalia:
Kenya Blamed for Bus Attack in Mandera
Shabelle, 5 July 2016
A senior security official in Mandera on Saturday blamed the government for failing to implement some recommendations agreed last year by President Uhuru Kenyatta and local… Read more »
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Somalia:
Four Killed, Ten Injured As Mortar Fire Rains Down On Baidoa
Shabelle, 2 July 2016
At least 4 people were killed and 10 others, including 2 young children wounded when mortar shells rained down on Baidoa city, 250Km south of Somali capital, Mogadishu on Friday… Read more »