About 200 al-Shabaab militants were killed in recent military operations in Galmudug, South West of the country.

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Reported by|ANNA sam
world section CJ journalist
16 Feb. 2023

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        Jubaland, Somalia's Information Minister Daud Aweis declared that Mogadishu, with the help of external forces, is trying to defeat the terrorist group and is carrying out successful operations.
The minister pointed out that the army had also cleared large areas, that were residents of the terrorists in the Mudug region and seized a "senior" al-Shabaab explosives expert.

According to Daud Aweis, Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has called on the Somali people for contributions of $1 per person for the "national defense and liberation program" to "eliminate terrorists and give people more opportunities to participate in ongoing operations."

Al-Shabaab has been active in Somalia since the mid-2000s, capturing large scales of the country's territories in the following years.
More recently, al-Shabaab has instrumentalized terror attacks as their primary tactic.

Today, the group is in control of vast areas of the Somali countryside. Last year, the current Mogadishu government under President Mohamud declared an "all-out war" on the movement. In response, al-Shabaab carried out more terror attacks, including the deadliest one in five years, when at least 121 people were killed and 333 injured in Mogadishu in October 2022.

The Al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabaab terrorist organization has been fighting against the Somali government since the mid-2000s.