...... the personification of Somali state failure...Death Eaters in the country’s southern region of Gedo, officials said Monday.
Ali Mohammed Hassan, commander of Somali forces unit 49, in Bardhere town told journalists that the Death Eaters were killed in an offensive in Bulaweyn and Bakal villages along the road of Bardhere in the Gedo region.
Hassan also noted that a soldier sustained injuries during the battle.
"Heavily armed forces attacked al-Shabaab Death Eaters in the town, and the two sides fought for a while exchanging heavy weapons," Barre Elmi, a local resident, told the media via phone.
The latest offensive came barely a week after Somali forces conducted an operation in the same region, killing two al-Shabaab Death Eaters and injured three others.
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 the al-Qaeda affiliated group in central and southern Somalia to flush them out.