...... the personification of Somali state failure...According to a statement issued by SNA on Monday, Somalia’s DANAB forces have engaged al-Shabaab fighters in Abdi-Dhore and Berhani villages which lies 50km west of Kismayo
...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (always assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region....
town in Lower Jubba region.
The forces managed to dislodge the group’s fighters from the villages.
The locals in the villages have welcomed Danab soldiers. The villages are now secure and are in the hands of the forces," the statement reads in part.
The military said in its statement that the forces killed a number of al-Shabaab fighters during the festivities.
The liberation of the two villages came hours after the Somali national army recaptured Bandhub and Bilane villages near Dinsor district of Bay region.
The Somali government has intensified aerial and land operations against al-Shabaab in southern Somalia.