Somali forces retake island overrun by Al-Shabaab militants

Somali forces retake island overrun by Al-Shabaab militants

Regional forces in Somalia said they had taken back control of a strategic island on Thursday, a day after it was overrun by heavily armed Al-Shabab militants. The Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab, which has been fighting an insurgency against the Somali state for around two decades, stormed Kuday island in the southern state of Jubaland on Wednesday in a bid to retake an area that was once an operational base for the group. The group has been on the …

Somali forces retake island overrun by militants

MOGADISHU (AFP): Regional forces in Somalia said they had taken back control of a strategic island, a day after it was overrun by heavily armed Al-Shabab militants. Al-Shabab stormed Kuday Island in the southern state of Jubaland on Wednesday in a bid to retake an area that was once an operational base for the group. The local Jubaland administration said in a statement that its troops, backed by federal special forces, had fought for more than …

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Somalia: Jubbaland forces retake island overrun by al-Shabaab militants

Regional forces in Somalia said they had taken back control of a strategic island on Thursday, a day after it was overrun by heavily armed al-Shabab militants.