A local militia commander has said 11 soldiers were killed in an attack on a military camp claimed by radical Islamist Shebab, an al-Qaeda-affiliated group.
This comes a day after the government announced the recapture of a strategic town.
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, who returned to power in May 2022, has promised an “all-out war” against the Islamist group, and recently described its members as “bedbugs.
The Somali army, on Monday, recaptured Harardhere, a port city considered “strategic” by the authorities located about 500 km north of the capital, controlled since 2010 by the shebab.
