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Change of guard for Al-Shabaab as leader falls sick

Somalia based militant group Al-Shabaab has been forced to make changes at the summit of its leadership after its long-serving leader Ahmed Diriye Abu Ubaidah fell ill.

According to Somalia spy agency, the National Intelligence and Security Agency (Nisa), the militant group gave temporary supreme power to Abukar Adan, Ubaidah’s deputy after his senior fell ill.

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