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Sonalia Jowhar al-Shabab

shared by Argos Media on 17 May 09 - Cached
  • Members of al-Shabab, a group fighting government forces in Somalia, seized the town of Jowhar on Sunday morning.
  • Jowhar was in 2005 chosen as the temporary location for the country's transitional government.
  • The Somali government has been losing ground in recent weeks and now controls little more than the centre of the capital, with the support of African Union troops.
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  • Jowhar is the home town of President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed - and now that the country's rainy season has arrived, the town is also the only passable route into central Somalia from the capital.
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