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Al-Shabaab and Somali army clash over strategic town

Al-Shabaab and Somali army clash over strategic town. [Courtesy]

Fighting was ongoing between Somalia's armed forces and the Al-Shabaab Islamist group over a strategic town in the country's central region, a local militia commander and elder said on Monday.

Growing attacks by the Al-Qaeda-linked group, including one on President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's convoy, are fuelling concerns of a jihadist resurgence in the Horn of Africa nation after the militants were forced back in recent years.

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