Somalian soldiers make their way to the town of Barawe during the second phase of Operation Indian Ocean. Somalia’s army and African troops deployed forces earlier this week inside the strategic port which they retook from Islamist rebels over the weekend, promising residents they would be protected. The force of African Union peacekeepers and the Somali National Army said on Sunday they had driven out Shebaab militants without a fight from Barawe, a stronghold used by rebels to ship in guns and generate cash from charcoal exports.
October 07, 2014 | 09:45 PM