Somali President to al-Shabab: ‘Abandon This Suicidal Mission’

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Friday called on al-Shabab militants to end what he called their “suicidal mission” and stop their brutal attacks. In a speech marking Somalia’s 56th anniversary of independence, the president urged the Islamist insurgents to think of the lives they disrupt. “I want to send this Ramadan message to al-Shabab leaders and militias — to abandon this suicidal mission, to stop killing the innocent, to stop terrorizing their parents and brothers, to...

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