Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has said that his country is seeing gains in the fight against the Somali-based al-Qaida-affiliated Islamist militant group al-Shabab following recent clashes in central Somalia between the Somali National Army supported by pro-government local clan militias and al-Shabab.
“We see a strong momentum against al-Shabab and want to sustain it to defeat a group that has proven to be remorseless and mafia, which has attained economic autonomy through intimidation and the murder of innocent people” Mohamud said.
In a speech to the Somali diaspora community in the Washington area Friday he said his government is organizing a strong military front in the southern Jubaland state of Somalia. “There is ongoing preparation to liberate al-Shabab from middle-Juba region in southern Somalia.
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