Analysis: Somali forces turn their weapons on each other

On December 12, The Somali National Army (SNA) of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) in Mogadishu was routed from the southern Somali town of Ras Kamboni by the regional forces of Jubaland, a federal member state of Somalia. This conflict provides Shabaab, Al Qaeda's branch for East Africa, an opportunity to consolidate and rebound from its previous losses.

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