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Somalia's Defense Minister: Al-Shabaab Cannot Capture Even a Single Village if AUSSOM Withdraws
Somalia's Defense Minister, Ahmed Moallim Fiqi, asserted that Somali forces are capable of containing Al-Shabaab even if the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS, referred to as AUSSOM) withdraws. He stated that government forces and the public are jointly fighting Al-Shabaab and will continue to do so regardless of ATMIS's presence.
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