Twenty people were killed during a failed Shabaab offensive that sought to retake control of Balad-hawa district on the Kenyan border. Puntland claimed it took control of Shabaab's last safe haven in the Galgala mountains. The African Union is seeking an air and naval blockade of Somalia.
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