VIDEO: Somalia al-Shabab defector
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One of the most senior figures to defect from al-Shabab in Somalia has urged his former colleagues to stop targeting civilians.
BBC
Habari Zinazoendana
10 years ago
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11 years ago
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VIDEO: Somalia's battle against al-Shabab
International forces in Somalia are battling al-Shabab Islamist insurgents who control more land than any other al-Qaeda affiliate organisation across the world.
10 years ago
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US attacks al-Shabab in Somalia
The US military says it carried out a military operation against al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militants in Somalia.
10 years ago
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Somalia bounty on al-Shabab leaders
Somalia's government offers rewards for information leading to the capture of the top 11 commanders of the militant Islamist al-Shabab group.
9 years ago
BBC07 Dec
US al-Shabab militant held in Somalia
A long-time US member of al-Shabab is arrested while trying to escape the group in Somalia, a local official tells the BBC.
10 years ago
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Somalia bans al-Shabab name in media
Somalia bans journalists from using the name al-Shabab - instead they have to refer to it as Ugus "the Group that Massacres the Somali People".
11 years ago
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10 years ago
BBCSwahili11 Feb
Kiongozi wa Al shabab auawa Somalia
Wizara ya ulinzi ya Marekani imesema imethibitisha kuwa shambulio la ndege la wiki iliyopita nchini Somalia dhidi ya Al Shabab.
10 years ago
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Somalia alert after al-Shabab death
Somalia is on alert for retaliatory attacks by Islamist group al-Shabab after its leader, Ahmed Abdi Godane, was killed in a US air strike.
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