(Sh. M. Network)-The command of African Union...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), declared their next military plan against the remained Al shabab controlled regions in southern Somalia.
Speaking at a presser at Buula-Low area, 5 Km west of Afgoye town, General Ugadi Kiki, the commander of AMISOM operations in locations between Mogadishu and Afgoye district in Lower Shabelle region of southern Somalia, said that Somali and AU soldiers are preparing an offensive against Bal-ad town, 30 Kilometers north of Mogadishu.
"After securing Afgoye corridor, crowded with internally displaced people, we are just setting up another major attack against the faceless myrmidons remained in Lower Shabelle region- that is our next step of our 'free Shabelle operation'," said the commander.
The Afgoye corridor, northwest of Mogadishu is believed to hold 400,000 internally displaced people, the largest such concentration in the world, with some access to aid during Al shabab rule in the past.