The African Union warned the Shabaab insurgency is spreading to relatively peaceful areas. “Their strategy seems to be to further weaken the TFG [Transitional Federal Government] by destabilising as many areas as possible. … In the Middle and Lower Juba regions, the al-Shabaab [military wing of the deposed Union of Islamic Courts] are reported to be training new recruits and planning attacks, taking advantage of the instability created by clashes between clans.” More than 130 Somalis drowned as their boat capsized in the Red Sea.
