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#BREAKING: SOMALI JOINT TROOPS ADVANCE ON JAMAAME AS ALSHABAAB PULLS BACK JUBALAND, Somalia, –#Jubaland government forces, supported by #Somalia's elite #Danab commandos, have seized control of most roads leading into the southern town of Jamaame, military officials and local sources said on Monday, prompting Al-Shabaab fighters to begin a...

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