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Former Al-Shabaab deputy leader surrenders to Somali government

Mukhtar Robow defected from Al Shabaab in 2013.

Former Al-Shabaab deputy leader Mukhtar Robow defected to the Somalia security forces following a bitter fight with militants in Abal location.

Officials said Robow who is from the large Rahanweyn clan, which dominates many of Somalia's most fertile areas, arrived in government controlled town of Hudur town in Somalia' southwest State forces on Sunday.

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