AU Force Presses Offensive to Ease Somali Food Aid -- Voice of America
African Union troops remain on the offensive in Somalia in an effort to ease the flow of food aid to the famine-stricken country.
A spokesman for the AU peacekeeping force, Paddy Akunda, tells VOA's Somali Service that troops are trying to capture a Mogadishu football stadium and other key areas controlled by militant group al-Shabab.
Al-Shabab has denied a famine is taking place, and banned many aid groups from operating in areas of southern and central Somalia under its rule.
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