Somalia: Dozens al-Shabaab rebels surrender in Somalia
A 45-day ultimatum and amnesty offer by the Somali government has seen dozens of Al-Shabaab militants surrender their arms, a government official has said.
“We are receiving defectors on a daily basis since the president issued the amnesty,” National Security spokesman Mohamed Yusuf Osman told Anadolu Agency by phone.
“We are talking about a number of about 100 to 130 who have so far defected since the leader of the group Ahmed Godane was killed,” he said.
The amnesty was announced by the president after the killing of the top militant.