Barawa
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Barawa, also known as Barawe and Brava, is the capital of the South West State of Somalia. It functions as a port town in the southwestern Lower Shebelle region of Somalia. Facing the Indian Ocean, Ba
Barawa Beach-front
Al-Shabaab fighters in the city of Barawe in 2013
Charcoal in the port
Exporting charcoal by Indian boat
Ahmed Abdi Godane
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Ahmed Abdi Godane, also known as Mukhtar Abu Zubair, was a Somali militant leader who served as the second emir of al-Shabaab, an Islamist militant group based in Somalia. Godane, who received trainin
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…Al-Qaeda operative. In October 2013, United States Navy SEAL Team Six launched an unsuccessful raid against a beachside house in Barawa, targeting Mukhtar Abu Zubeyr, the leader of Al-Shabaab. Following the raid, al-Shabaab began a crackdown of the town. Following the launch of Operation Indian Ocean, the Somali…
Godane in an undated video released after his death