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Somalia’s Unending Fight Against Al-Shabaab

April 21 2023

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) was replaced in April
2022 with the A.U. Transition Mission as part of efforts to transfer security
responsibilities to Somali forces. Above, troops take part in a Somali National
Army-led, AMISOM-supported operation to clear Al-Shabaab fighters from
the Basra area in the southern Lower Shabelle region in October 2021.

Somalia has suffered from instability and violence since the overthrow of the regime of Mohamad Siad Barre in 1991. Since...

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