Somalia

Sixteen Somalis were killed during fighting in Mogadishu. Seven Ethiopian troops were killed in an IED attack in Mogadishu. A district commissioner confirmed Shabaab fighters are present in the Bay region. Nigeria will send 500 troops to Somalia.

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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