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the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...on Saturday retook a town in southern Somalia as joint Somali and 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 battled the turbans in the region, according to local residents.
Residents in Bala’ad town in Middle Shabelle region said the fighters stormed Ged Faqi on the outskirts of Bala’d and overrun the area before hoisting their flags in a cop shoppe.
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Somali and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces early this month launched major operations in Lower and Middle Shabelle regions in what the African Union said will be sustained until the end of the year.
Somali information minister Abdirahman Omar Osman said this week the government will continue the attacks until the country is cleared of myrmidons.
The recapture of Ged Fagi comes a day after the Somali government said it has captured 19 al-Shabaab