Mogadishu, March 30, 2026 (AFP) - Somali troops seize key city, renegade leader quits

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Somali federal troops Monday wrested control of the key city of Baidoa after clashes with forces loyal to the head of the region, whose mandate Mogadishu says expired four years ago. Deeply fractured Somalia's central government accuses the South West State president, Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen, of having illegally extended his rule, which in theory expired in 2022. The fighting comes after Laftagareen opposed a reform of the Somali cons......

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