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Somali Military Reportedly Eliminates 47 Al-Shabaab Militants

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Somali Information Ministry said that the country’s armed forces eliminated 47 militants of the radical al-Shabaab* terrorist group in the province of Galguduud in the central part of the country, Somali news portal Mogadishu24 reported.
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The ministry added that five Somali soldiers were killed during the operation, the report said on Saturday.
Al-Shabaab is a Somalia-based jihadist militant group linked to the al-Qaeda* terrorist group. It wages armed resistance against the Somali government and obstructs UN humanitarian missions in the country.
* Terrorist organizations banned in Russia and many other countries.