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BOSASO, Somalia - The Puntland Defense Forces seized major strategic areas in eastern parts of the Cal-Miskaad mountains, the ...

Somalia said on Thursday its army and allied clan militias have fought off coordinated raids on villages by the Islamist al Shabaab armed group in the country's south, killing more than 130 attackers.

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