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Somalia trains special force to battle Al Shabaab as AU pulls out

Transitional Federal Government troops push a stalled "technical" during a patrol along the Burahache- Baidoa Road inside the Gedo region in Somalia on 13th April2024. Dozens of local Somalis are turning up everyday to volunteer services in the army after the dreaded Al Shaabab militia were routed out of the town of Burahache. [George Mulala/Standard]

The Somali army is training a special force armed with skills on how to engage in asymmetrical warfare to deal with the terror gang, Al Shabaab which has put the country under stranglehold for the last 20 years.

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