Somalia

Shabaab launched an attack on an African Union base in Mogadishu and has ordered its followers to grow beards. Somalia’s prime minister said newly trained forces are prepared to retake Mogadishu and the South. Burundi’s Army chief said threats by Shabaab are to be taken seriously.

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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