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Somalia bars ex-Shabaab leader from public office

Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansur, a former Al Shabaab deputy leader, has been barred from running for public office. FILE PHOTO | ABDULKADIR KHALIF | NMG

By  Abdulkadir Khalif

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Nation Media Group

A former Al Shabaab founder announced Thursday his bid to contest for the presidency of the Southwest State of Somalia.

Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansur, an ex-deputy commander of the Al Qaeda-linked Islamist militant group, told supporters in Baidoa town, the provisional capital for Southwest State.

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