MOGADISHU -Fighters from Somalia s al Shabaab militant group attacked a town north of the capital, Mogadishu, on Thursday, killing at least seven people as they battled government security forces, a.
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's al Shabaab fighters attacked a town north of the capital Mogadishu on Thursday, killing at least seven people as they .
The attack happened amid a political dispute between Somalia’s president and prime minister which its international partners worry has distracted the government from the fight against the insurgents
A Somalia government official said Prime Minister Mohammed Hussein Roble had separately talked with a senior U.S. official on the political situation in Somalia, which is also seen by analysts as distracting the government from fighting an Islamist insurgency by the al Qaeda-allied al Shabaab group. "The United Nations and international partners are in contact with all sides to urge de-escalation," U.N. Spokesman Ari Gaitanis said.