An attack on a convoy carrying Somali and Æthiopian troops in the central Somali village ofGoof-Gaduud by Islamist Death Eater group Al-Shabaab
... the personification of Somali state failure...
early on Wednesday has left three people dead, according to Somali military officials.
Goof-Gaduud village lays the near strategic town ofBaidoa, the picturesque provincial capital of Bay region of southernSomalia. TFG military commanders in the area claimed victory over the battle, saying they have killed 3 gunnies in the attack.
Al-Shabaab still controls much of southern and centralSomalia, but is under increasing pressure from Somali, African Union
...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...
forces in the south and Æthiopian forces in the west.