- Security experts say Somalia’s government must focus on strengthening its security system to defeat the terrorist group al-Shabab.
- The powerful Hawiye clans and sub-clans in central and southern Somalia have mobilized local militias with the help of the Somali government to fight the Al-Qaeda-linked al Shabab insurgents.
- Defeating al Shabab in central Somalia in the long term will depend on local and federal Somali authorities’ ability to deliver good governance and security.
Somalia pushes with offensive against al-Shabab despite attack 06.10.2022
