Somalia: Al-Shabaab Under Increased Pressure
Source: The International Crisis Group posted on 11 January 2023 a 35 minute podcast titled “Somalia’s Offensive against Al-Shabaab” with Omar Mahmood and Alan Boswell.
Over the past few months, Somali government forces have consolidated gains against al-Shabaab in a large-scale offensive in central Somalia initiated by local clan militias. At the same time, the government is confronting a serious drought.