Somali forces capture major al Shabaab militia stronghold
The government has promised a second phase of the offensive that will go after al Shabaab in southern Somalia, the group's traditional heartland.
A Somali security officer walks past a section of Hotel Hayat, the scene of an al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group militant attack in Mogadishu, Somalia August 20, 2022.(photo credit: REUTERS/FEISAL OMAR)
