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2022-02-23 Africa Horn
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Somalia's Govt troops recapture villages from Al-Shabaab
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[Garowe] The Somali National Army [SNA] has recaptured at least six villages from the al-Shabaab
 ...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
, in a week the al-Qaeda linked group has terrorized several towns across the country, killing dozens of people in the process.
State media reported that they destroyed several bases of the snuffies in Lower Shabelle, including secret houses that they use in extorting money from the people and businesses within the Horn of Africa nation.
Although the military never mentioned the participation of foreign troops in the mission, the elite Danab Special Forces have been conducting such operations with little or no help from the 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...
Mission Forces [AMISOM] and the US Africa Command.
"Somali National Army destroyed Alshabab bases including so-called court and secret houses where Lions of Islam extort money from people in Bulo-Arundi, Malable, Siigaale, and Busley-Daud in Lower Shabelle regions, on Monday," state media noted.
This comes in the wake of al-Shabaab attacks across Somalia which have leftover 30 people dead within two weeks. On Monday, two soldiers were killed in Bossaso after an IED targeted a convoy of Puntland
...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion...
President Said Abdullahi Deni.
Later, a huge blast went off in Baidoa city of Southwest according to residents' report. The blast happened in one of the main two bridges connecting the city as local sources indicate and no casualties is reported yet.
Dinsoor suffers food and water shortage as al-Shabaab tightens the blockade on the city. This has resulted in the residents vacating en masse in a bid to escape the devastating situation. Madina Ibrahim, a young mother, succumbs in childbirth while vacating the city.
Al-Shabaab still controls large swathes of rural central and southern Somalia, but joint operations by security forces have significantly dwindled their fortunes. The snuffies are fighting to topple the fragile UN-backed Somalia government. 
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