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Can Turkey save Mogadishu from its security fiascos?

President Hassan Sheikh calculates that a geological survey showing commercial quantities of oil will get Ankara to step up military aid

National Security Advisor Hussein Ma’alim Mahamud Sheikh Ali resigned on 23 July, after many missteps over the last year that have allowed Al Shabaab to recover three-quarters of the territory in Middle Shabelle and Hiran that it lost two years ago.

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