More than 100 Al-Shabaab defectors surrender to Somalia government
Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud speaks during his inauguration ceremony in Mogadishu on June 9, 2022.
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What you need to know:
Since his re-election in May last year, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has waged serious assault on Al-Shabaab.
First phase of the fight saw the government reclaiming several towns and regions where the group had been control for more than 15 years.
The Federal government of Somalia has announced that more than 100 members of the terrorist group Al-Shabaab have surrendered.
The Senior Advisor to the President and Director of Tubsan (the Right Path) National Center for Counter Terrorism and PCVE Abdillahi Mohamed Noor, who spoke to the media in Mogadishu, confirmed that 107 former members of the Al-Qaeda-linked group have defected and surrendered to the government.
