African Union Begins Anti-Rebel Offensive North of Mogadishu
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Somali and African Union troops advanced to the north of the capital, Mogadishu, to seize further ground from al-Qaeda-linked rebels in fighting that killed a senior commander of al-Shabaab, the peacekeeping mission said.
The offensive, known as Operation Free Shabelle, is taking place in the Afgoye corridor, an area housing the world’s largest population of internally displaced people, the African Union Mission for Somalia said in an e-mailed statement today.