From Bloomberg:The leader of Somalia’s Islamist al- Shabaab movement gave the government five days to surrender and hand over its weapons or face prosecution by Shariah courts.
The rebel group, which the U.S. accuses of having ties to al-Qaeda, is fighting to oust Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed who came to power in January and has called for peace talks between the countries Islamist factions.
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Update: African Union Sending More Troops To Somalia -- Somaliland Press
My Comment: On the brink of defeat, the African Union is finally getting seriously involved .... a serious involvement (not what has been done for the past few years) that should have been done in the beginning.
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