Al-Shabaab seizes town from Somali government
Islamist military group al-Shabaab has taken over the town of Goofgaduud, that is 250 kilometres from Somalia's capital Mogadishu, officials said on Sunday. Somalia's army left the town after "brief fighting" for "tactical reasons", they added. Notably, al-Shabaab is al Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia and has been fighting against the internationally recognised Somali Federal Government.