PRETORIA, March 11. /ITAR-TASS/. Forces of the African Union (AU) and Somalian army have begun the military advance on positions of Islamist militant group al-Shabaab in the southern Shabelle region over the weekend. Lower Shabelle Governor Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur Sidi said this on Tuesday.
African Union forces advance on al-Shabaab positions in Somalia
The troops began attacking the militant group’s positions after the Islamists staged an attack on the presidential palace in Mogadishu killing 12 people
Somalian soldiers (archive)
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