district of Guriceel.... ASWJ says the federal government has failed to end al Shabaab insurgency and

By Abdi Sheikh3 Min ReadMOGADISHU( Reuters)-Fighting in Somalia’s Galmudug state between the Somali army and its former ally, the Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama’a militia, has killed 120 people over the past three days, a senior ASWJ official said on Monday. Analysts and residents have expressed fears that the fighting is derailing the former allies from their common effort to defeat the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab insurgency.“ At least 120 people died and 600 were injured from both sides, ” Hassan Yare fr

MOGADISHU( Reuters)-A militia previously allied to the Somali government in its fight against militant group al Shabaab has captured two towns in central Somalia from federal forces, saying it was taking control where the government had failed to end the insurgency.... Al Shabaab is our common enemy," he said.... The group has not denied the army's accusation that ASWJ fighters had been fighting al Shabaab unilaterally....