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Senior Al-Shabaab commander surrenders

Somalia government soldiers on patrol in Mogadishu after an Al Shabaab attack. FILE PHOTO | AFP

A senior jihadist Al-Shabaab official has reportedly surrendered to the Somali National Army (SNA).

SNA commander Ahmed Mohamed Tredishe said Bishar Mumin Afrah surrendered himself at Hiran in central Somalia.

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