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Somalia: Military Liberates Strategic Town in Central Region
VOA, 20 September 2022
Somalia's national army said Tuesday it recaptured the small but strategic town of Booco in the country's central Hiran region from al-Shabab militants. Read more »
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Somalia: Military Says Offensive Retakes 20 Villages From Militants
VOA, 12 September 2022
Somalia's military says an offensive in the central Hiran region has captured 20 villages that were occupied by the Islamist militant group al-Shabab. Read more »
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Somalia: Army Retakes Villages From Al-Shabaab
Shabelle, 18 September 2022
Troops from the Somali military with the support of villagers have managed to drive Al-Shabaab out of several areas in the Hiran region in the past 48 hours. Read more »
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Somalia: Somalia Is a Difficult Nut to Crack, Says Ruto
Shabelle, 8 September 2022
Among those who have contacted Ruto are a number of world leaders, and he says he told them not to expect "a big shift" in Kenya's foreign policy. Read more »
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Somalia: Army Kills Al-Shabaab Members in Operation - Official
Shabelle, 9 September 2022
The Somali Armed Forces with the help of the local residents, have carried out a planned operation in the mountainous region of Hiran. Read more »
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Somalia: Military Says Hostages Freed During Operation Against Al-Shabaab
VOA, 10 September 2022
Somalia says the country's elite military unit has killed a senior al-Shabab commander in an operation in the Lower Shabelle region. Federal police say civilian hostages were freed… Read more »
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Somalia: Somali Military Raids Al-Shabaab Base in Lower Shabelle Region
Shabelle, 10 September 2022
AFGOYE - The Somali military claimed to have overrun a key Al-Shabaab tax base in the Lower Shabelle region, south of the country. Read more »
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Somalia: Al-Shabaab Loses Two Villages to Military
Shabelle, 12 September 2022
The Somali army with the help of the local people last night took over several areas from the Al-Shabaab in the south of the Hiran region. Read more »
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Somalia: A Bus Station Bombing in Somalia Leaves 1 Dead and 9 Injured
Shabelle, 6 September 2022
At least one soldier was killed and nine others sustained wounds on Tuesday in a bomb blast at a bus station in Barawe, a coastal city in southern Somalia. Read more »
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Somalia: Police Warns the Public Against Seeking Justice in Al-Shabab Courts
Shabelle, 6 September 2022
The Chief of the Somali Police Force, General Abdi Hassan Mohamed Hijaar has warned the public against seeking justice in Al-Shabaab's courts. Read more »
Al-Shabaab-Controlled Villages Taken Back By Somali Military
The Somali military has said an offensive in the central Hiran region has captured 20 villages that were occupied by militant group Al-Shabaab. In a statement issued on September 11, 2022 the Information Ministry said the operations were the first step in implementing the government's vision of fighting terrorism and ridding the country of Al-Shabaab.
Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud declared a "total war" against Al-Shabaab in August 2022, after the group staged a deadly hotel siege in the capital city Mogadishu that killed 21 people and wounded more than 100 others.
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Somalia's prime minister is promising accountability after an attack on a popular Mogadishu hotel killed 21 people and injured 117 others. Voice of America r Read more »
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Somali-based, Al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab, has issued a new threat against Kenya. The group said it will continue Read more »
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Uganda has for the past 15 years been part of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) that ensured Somalia was liberated from Al-Shabaab militants. Created in 2007, AMISOM ... Read more »
