Fighting al-Shabab: Rare access to Somalia’s US-funded ‘lightning’ brigade
The BBC goes on manoeuvres with the unit leading a growing offensive against al-Shabab militants. …
And with that, the Danab convoy set off again, at its usual furious pace, first, to drop us at an airstrip four hours away through the bush, and then to turn south, heading towards the Shabelle River and the main road to the capital, Mogadishu, where another battle against al-Shabab was already under way.
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