Mogadishu, Oct 27, 2026 (AFP) - Deadly Al-Shabaab ambush strikes Somali army as security crisis mounts

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2026-10-27

Scores were reported killed on Tuesday from a major clash between Somali government forces and Al-Shabaab militants, at a time when international donors are slashing aid to the country's armed forces. The Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab group has been fighting the government for two decades and still controls large swathes of central Somalia despite a massive international operation against it. It launched an attack on Monday afternoon on Turkish-trai......

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