Somalia

Somalia™s foreign minister claimed Islamist insurgent groups have merged with the government. The African Union said Ugandan troops can attack Shabaab. Nigerian troops have arrived in Mogadishu. Ten people were wounded in mortar attacks in 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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