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Vol 63 No 14

Published 7th July 2022


Somalia

Al Shabaab wins on TV but loses in the field

The Islamist militia let the cameras in to demonstrate its durability as a force but then suffered a major defeat to a Sufi militia

The normally secretive Al Shabaab shed its shyness on London's Channel 4 News on 15 June in a filmed report from training grounds in Somalia, featuring one of its top leaders, Abdirahman Mahamed Warsame, (aka 'Mahad Karate'). But two days after the broadcast, its fighters suffered a heavy defeat against a Sufi militia in Galmudug.

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