A militia faction that controlled Somalia’s port of Kismayo until it was seized by Islamists last month vowed on Sunday to recapture the city, encouraged by a series of protests against the new leadership. Abdullahi Ismail, the new commander of the Juba Valley Alliance, an independent authority which controlled Kismayo before the Islamists took it over on Sept. 25, said the protests that have rocked the town showed the Islamists were not wanted. Full Story
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