DHAKA: At least 14 people were killed in an attack when African Union peacekeepers entered a surburb of Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday.
Major Abdullahi Farah said, “At least 14 people, mostly militia, died in the fighting this morning. The government’s aim is to secure the city”.
Frequent militant attacks in the country known as ‘Horn of Africa’ show that a push by African Union peacekeeping troops has not weakened the Islamist al-Shabaab group’s capacity to wage asymmetric warfare in the capital.
Though, the coordination between Somali and foreign intelligence agencies is poor, reports the Times of India.
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