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Africa Horn

Security forces kill over 50 Al Shabaab members in battle for Bariire town

2025-08-05

[ShabelleMedia] The African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) says over 50 Al-Shabaab

... the personification of Somali state failure...
bad boyz were potted in a joint military operation with the Somali army in the town of Bariire in the Lower Shabelle region.

During the operation, many Al-Shabaab forces of Evil sustained serious injuries, according to a statement by the AU mission in Somalia on Sunday.

"AUSSOM and SNAF troops are determined to recapture Bariire town and other territories still under Al-Shabaab control to ensure lasting peace and security for the people of Somalia," said El Hadji Ibrahima Diene, the special representative of the African Union Commission Chairperson (SRCC) for Somalia, in the statement.

The mission also rejected media reports suggesting heavy casualties among its soldiers during the operation.

Bariire is a strategic agricultural town located 73 kilometers (45 miles) southwest of the capital, Mogadishu.

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