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Somali insurgent leader Robow defects to government

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Published on: June 15, 2023

Former Somali insurgent leader Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansur has defected to the government, a military official said on Sunday, severing ties with Islamist group al Shabab two months after the U.S. quietly removed a $5 million reward for his capture.

“Robow and his seven bodyguards are now in Hudur with local officials. He will be flown to Mogadishu soon,” Colonel Nur Mohamed, a Somali military officer, told Reuters by phone from the southwestern town of Hudur.

Once a deputy Al-Shabaab commander, Mukhtar Robow aka Abu Mansur surrenders to #Mogadishu after fallout with his former colleagues. #Somalia pic.twitter.com/0FAPSnKRDq

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