...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
and Somali government troops seized control of an al-Shabaab
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
krazed killer base in the north of the capital on Friday, a move the AU troops said would reduce the rebels' capacity to launch attacks in the city.
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"In a swift move that started this morning, the Uganda Contingent helped capture Maslah which the Death Eaters have been using as a base to launch attacks on the city," AMISOM said in a statement. AMISOM Force Commander, Maj. Gen. Fred Mugisha said the operation "extended the city's defenses and will deny the forces of Evil important ground from which they have been attacking the population."