Mogadishu, July 7, 2025 (AFP) - Al-Shabaab and Somali army clash over strategic town

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2025-07-07

Fighting was ongoing between Somalia's armed forces and the Al-Shabaab Islamist group over a strategic town in the country's central region, a local militia commander and elder said on Monday. Growing attacks by the Al-Qaeda-linked group, including one on President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's convoy, are fuelling concerns of a jihadist resurgence in the Horn of Africa nation after the militants were forced back in recent years. Al-Shabaab militants a......

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