Day: 3 August 2021

Somali Armed Forces Succeeded Where AMISOM Failed

The Commander of the Somali National Army (SNA), General Mohamed Tahlil Bihi, at a press conference yesterday on the outskirts of Qey’ad in the Mudug region, triumphantly announced the end of the fighting against Al-Shabab militants in the Mudug region.

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