Shabelle
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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When Geedi reached his small village outside Warsheikh, in the Middle Shabelle region, he did not know that tensions between two Abgal sub-clans were about to boil over.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2025
Earlier this year, floods pushed a quarter of a million people from their homes after the Shabelle river in central Somalia broke its banks and submerged the town of Beledweyne.
From Reuters • Nov. 6, 2023
Mohamud has said securing Mogadishu will depend heavily on pushing militants out of the neighboring regions of Lower Shabelle and Middle Shabelle.
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2022
Residents said the attacks at the army bases occurred in Bariirre and Awdhegleh villages of Lower Shabelle region, 46 miles south of Mogadishu.
From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2021
Somali government and African Union forces heading to a town in the district heard what sounded like an "earthquake" as al-Shabaab's bases were hit, the governor of Somalia's Lower Shabelle region, Abdiqadir Mohamed Nor, said.
From The Guardian • Sep. 2, 2014
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