African Union (AU) troops say they have driven Islamist al-Shabab militants out of their last stronghold in the north of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. “We control the whole of Mogadishu,” AU Gen Fred Mugisha told the BBC. He said that Somali government forces also took part in the offensive. One African Union soldier and eight civilians were killed in the…
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Somalia Islamists al-Shabab ‘driven out of Mogadishu’