Al-Shabab battles Somalia’s army for strategic military base
The armed group says it seizes control of Wargaadhi town and its military base, but the Somali army denies the claim.

The armed group says it seizes control of Wargaadhi town and its military base, but the Somali army denies the claim.
The armed group considers the United Arab Emirates an ‘enemy’ for its backing of the Somali government.
The UN helicopter accidentally landed in al-Shabab territory on Wednesday, with 6 of 9 passengers taken hostage.
Several passengers reportedly taken after helicopter lands in territory controlled by the armed group.
The embargo was placed on Somalia in 1992 to cut the flow of weapons to feuding warlords in the country.
Al-Shabab group claimed responsibility for the attack, which came a day after a deadly car bombing in Mogadishu.
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The attack by al-Shabab occurred in villages that border Somalia, an area where the group often carries out raids.
Eritrea quit the body in 2007 in protest of its neighbour Ethiopia deploying troops to Somalia to fight al-Shabab.