06/03/2018
AMISOM Warns of Increased Al-Shabab Ambushes
Al-Shabab attacks against African Union peacekeepers and Somali government forces could worsen as troops try to reopen Somalia?s main supply roads, currently cut off by the militants, a spokesman for the peacekeepers warns. Lieutenant Colonel Wilson Rono said the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops and Somali National Army forces are trying to reopen the highway linking the capital, Mogadishu, to Baidoa, 240 kilometers (150 miles) to the west. #160;It?s one of three main roads linking Mogadishu the south, southwest and central regions. Rono spoke to VOA?s Somali...
