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Al Shabab militants have seized control of Barire town in the Lower Shabelle region, some 55 km southwest of Mogadishu.

The US embassy in Mogadishu issued an alert to Americans in Somalia ... according to a dispatch from the defence ministry in February. Nevertheless, al-Shabaab released photos of its fighters ...