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Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud called on ordinary people to help flush out members of the Al-Shabaab jihadist group he described as “bedbugs”.
Mohamud was last evening addressing large crowds at a government-organized rally against the Al-Qaeda-linked militants held at a stadium in the capital Mogadishu under tight security.
Al-Shabaab has been waging a bloody insurgency against the frail internationally-backed central government for 15 years, carrying out attacks both in Somalia and neighboring countries which sent troops to help in the fight against the militants.
The president declared “all-out” war against Islamist fighters shortly after he came to office in May last year. END.