Somalia

Fourteen people were killed during clashes between Somali forces and Shabaab in the capital of Mogadishu. Hundreds of Somali soldiers have deserted and joined the Islamist insurgency after not being paid their salaries, which are funded by the US.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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