Somalia

Shabaab claimed it killed more than 50 Somali and African Union soldiers in bombings and attacks yesterday in Mogadishu and Marka. Shabaab forces ambushed Somali troops in Afmadow; the military claimed four Shabaab fighters were killed.

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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