...... the personification of Somali state failure...snuffies in a fierce fighting Thursday in Galmudug
...a semiautonomous region in central Somalia, bordering Puntland on the north. Galmudug is not trying to obtain international recognition as a separate nation, but rather considers itself autonomous within the larger Somali federalism, for what that's worth...
State, central Somalia, the government confirmed Friday.
The Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism said the turbans were killed after they attempted to raid military bases.
"Having prior information the Somali forces in cooperation with the local people foiled an attempted raid of the army bases by the terrorist group," the ministry said in a statement issued in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.
The government vowed to step up anti-terrorism measures across the country and called on those misled by al-Shabaab to surrender or shun the bad boy group’s ideology.
The local pro-government militia known as Ma’awisley backed by the SNA liberated more villages in Hiran and Galmudug within one month.
The bad boy group fighting to topple the government has been facing enormous pressure and an offensive from government forces backed by the local militia to flush it out of the Hiran region of central Somalia.