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SOMALIA Issue dated 09/10/2015

US to supply arms to African Amisom troops fighting Al-Shabaab

The Department of Defense has awarded several contracts for the sale of military equipment to countries involved in the fight against Al Shabaab Islamists. [...] (277 words)

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