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There were indications on Thursday that members of the terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, might have abducted about 100 young men from Doron Baga, a community in Borno State.
There were fears also that the abducted young men were being forcefully conscripted by the insurgents.
African peacekeepers and Somali troops battled militants in a suburb of Mogadishu on Friday, launching a joint offensive that killed at least 14 people, police said.
The attack was part of an armed campaign by government forces and African Union peacekeepers in response to a recent surge in gun and bomb attacks in Mogadishu by militias, primarily the al Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab group.
Dozens of high-powerful bombs have been dropped in northern Mali on Sunday by French Special Forces fighting militants in the country.
French forces have been fighting militants in northern Mali since January 2013 and this latest bombing is directed to thwarting the activities of the militants in the area.
Somali National Army forces together with AU peacekeeping troops fought against al-Shabaab militants outside Qoryooley town of lower Shabelle region, witness said.
The witness said the fighting erupted after al-Shabaab fighters armed with launchers propelled grenades and machine guns attacked on allied forces, conducting security operation in Xero 1-aad and Xero 2-aad at outside in the town.
Members of Ansar al-Sharia (Reuters / Stringer)
The Islamist militant group Ansar al-Sharia has declared Benghazi an ‘Islamic Emirate’ after claiming to have taken total control of Libya’s second largest city, seizing military barracks with rockets and ammunition.
The official spokesperson of the extremist group told local Radio Tawhid that “Benghazi has now become an Islamic emirate.”
The announcement has been denounced by pro-government militia forces.
According to news reports from Lower Shabelle, two rival clan militias fought today in the region in which casualties and losses were caused.
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At least 20 soldiers assigned to the armed forces of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland have in the district of Gambadha voluntary surrendered to the Somaliland national army eastern region command based in Sool region.
General Ismael Shaqalle in a press statement released from his office today last night stated as follows: