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the personification of Somali state failure...leader was killed in an operation in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region on Saturday, Somalia’s information minister said in a statement on Monday.
Government troops with international partners killed Ali Mohammed Hussein (Ali Jabal), commander of the Banadir region -- including the capital Mogadishu -- in a security operation.
"Ali Jabal was part of an al-Shabaab network responsible for planning and executing several bombings and liquidations that resulted in the deplorable death of numerous innocent civilians in Mogadishu," a statement from Somalia’s information minister said.
"The successful operation signals the Federal Government’s continued commitment to protect Somali citizens and reduce al-Shabaab's ability to conduct senseless acts of violence against the people of Somalia, its East African neighbors, and the international community," he added.
A statement from the U.S. Africa Command said Monday it carried out a dronezap near Tortoroow in southern Somalia that killed an al-Shabaab member, but gave no further details.