Somalia

A Shabaab court in Jowhar sentenced several teenagers to be whipped for playing soccer. Shabaab said any attempts at reconciliation must be made through sharia law. A Puntland court sentenced 12 men to terms of up to eight years for committing acts of piracy.

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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