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muriel_volestrangler

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Tue Apr 2, 2013, 07:16 PM Apr 2013

Somalia: Mogadishu to Baidoa road 'reopened'

Source: BBC

The main road from Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, to the strategic south-western city of Baidoa has been totally recaptured from Islamist militants, African Union (AU) troops have said.

It is the first time the cities have been linked in more than two years.

The AU is helping a new UN-backed government regain territory from al-Qaeda-aligned insurgents.

The al-Shabab group has been forced out of main towns but still controls most villages and rural areas.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22009749

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Somalia: Mogadishu to Baidoa road 'reopened' (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Apr 2013 OP
Good news. tabasco Apr 2013 #1
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