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Somalia's Shabaab seize third town this month after peacekeepers withdraw

By Abdi Sheikh and Feisal OmarMOGADISHU, Oct 23 (Reuters) Islamist militant group al Shabaab today seized control of yet another town in central Somalia after it was abandoned by African Union peacekeepers, a militant spokesman and a local official said, the third to fall to insurgents this month.
Today, an Ethiopian contingent abandoned the town of Halgan in the Hiran region, allowing the group's fighters to enter soon after, said Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab's spokesman on military operations.A military offensive launched in 2014 by AU forces and the Somali army pushed out of major strategic centres, but the insurgents, who once held sway over much of the Horn of Africa country, still control some settlements and rural areas.
The fall of Halgan was confirmed by Dahir Amin Jesow, a member of parliament from the region, who said residents are being subjected to reprisals at the hands of the insurgents.\\"Each day, civilians are being beheaded over suspicion that they are government supporters,\\" he told Reuters. \\"We do not have a government that is effective enough to protect our civilians.\\"
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