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Mukhtar Robow has been chosen as the religious affairs minister in Somalia’s new cabinet.
He had been under house arrest for four years after being detained during the term of the previous president for organizing a militia group and also accused of not abandoning extremism.
More than 20 people were killed when violence erupted after his arrest.
He had split from al-Shabab in 2015 citing ideological differences and formed his own militant group. END