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an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia...terrorist and three other fighters as they intensified assault against the forces of Evil in the Horn of Africa nation.
"Al-Shabaab leader in Adala district and three al-Shabaab turbans were killed in Gaharey, 40 km from Adale," the ministry of information said on Tuesday evening.
The ministry did not provide the identity of the senior al-Shabaab leader killed.
There was no immediate comment from al-Qaeda allied group al-Shabaab on the latest incident.
Somali forces backed by 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 have stepped up operations on al-Shabaab in central and southern Somalia, conducting consecutive operations to flush the turbans out of those regions.
The group still stages attacks against Somali and African Union peacekeeping forces, targeting their bases, hotels and other public places despite intensified operations from the allied forces.