...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...
force in Somalia says it has killed a "chief finance controller" for the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab
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Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...Death Eater group.
The AU force in a series of tweets on Thursday says the commander, the head of tax collection in Lower Shabelle region, was killed after an ambush on Monday on an al-Shabaab meeting in Bariire. The faceless myrmidons bring in funding by taxing the communities they control.
The AU force says another seven al-Shabaab fighters were killed on Sunday when their attack on a forward operating base was "botched."
The multinational force in the coming years is expected to draw down and hand over responsibility for Somalia’s security to the country’s military.