...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...
Transition Mission in Somalia [ATMIS] foiled a would-be deadly al-Shabaab
...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...attack in central Somalia, it has emerged, with the country set to activate the second phase of operations against the Death Eaters.
According to the military, the government soldiers and their ATMIS counterparts foiled the al-Shabaab kaboom at Dab and Dhagah base near an airport at Bula-burte town in the Hiiraan region. The gunnies have lately been using Improvised Explosive Devices [IEDs] and jacket wallahs to target innocent civilians.
According to Farah Ali Wasage, who is the commander of SNA in the Hiiraan region, he visited the Bardhabaq area near Halgan district where he promised that the Somali National Army would reinforce local forces in the area in the fight against al-shabaab Death Eaters. The gunnies were targeting the military base, he said.
In the last few days, the Somali National Army [SNA] commandos with assistance from ATMIS and the US Africa Command, have been making advances in Ceel-buur and Galhareri town in the Galgudud region under 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. Residents did confirm to Garowe Online sighting helicopters in central regions.
SNA forces foil bomb attack in Bula-Burte https://t.co/1H1zJakF7h
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