Somali troops capture key port town

Mogadishu. The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and Somalia troops working under the Africa Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) have captured a key port town from Al-Shabaab fighters.

The Somalia National Army backed by African Union forces has captured a key town from Al-Shabaab in the country.

Somali government and African Union forces have taken full control of the last port city held by militant Islamists, officials say.

“There was no a major resistance, and the violent elements fled when our troops approached. They have emptied the town” Siyad Ahmed, a Somali military official

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