Kismayu

British

/ kɪsˈmɑːjuː /

noun

another name for Chisimaio

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"The security forces have besieged the scene," Farah Ali, a shopkeeper in Kismayu, told Reuters.

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Al Shabaab was driven out of Kismayu in 2012.

From Reuters

A journalists’ group had confirmed on Friday that two journalists were among the dead; Somali-Canadian journalist Hodan Naleyah, the founder of Integration TV, and Mohamed Sahal Omar, reporter of SBC TV in Kismayu.

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Kismayu is the commercial capital of Jubbaland, a region of southern Somalia still partly controlled by al Shabaab.

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It was driven out of Kismayu in 2012.

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