Somalia

Islamists attacked the Ethiopian Army in Mogadishu. Police in Kismayo seized weapons and are preparing to deploy 1,500 officers inside the city. A gunman attacked Medicine Sans Frontier personnel attempting to open a hospital in Bardhere. Over 1,500 Ugandan troops will deploy to Mogadishu.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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