Somalia: Somali National Army and AMISOM troops capture ninth town from al-Shabaab
Somali National Army backed by the Ethiopian forces of the African Union have on Wednesday captured a key town in Central Somalia from the Islamist group al-Shabaab.
The Capturing of El bur of Galgadud region, which is about 350 kilometres northeast of the capital Mogadishu, came days after the joint troops battled the militants as they were on the way to the town, having departed from Dhusamareeb which is the head of the region.
It’s the ninth town the coalition troops have liberated from al-Shabaab in less than a month.
A resident in the town told Journalists that al-Shabaab fighters tried to resist the joint forces and there was a heavy fighting that lasted for several hours. Its not yet clear whether there were any casualties.