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SOMALIA: Al Shabab Raids UN Base

Date08 Apr 2010 1945MST

On 8 April, Al Shabab took control of a United Nations compound in southern Somalia. According to BBC, militants disarmed the guards at the base in Wajid. However, the World Food Program announced that the base was empty and the event would not affect its operations in the country. Al Shabab controls a majority of southern Somalia, while the UN backed government only controls a small portion of its capital, Mogadishu.  

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