Buale (Sunatimes) Al-Shabab militias have imposed ban on people fleeing to Kenya who were using the route between Buale and Dhobley districts. The route directly leads to Liboi in the border of Kenya and Somalia.

The Al-Shabab administration of Jubba regions were frequently instructing the people traveling to Kenya to go back to their regions of origin

A local elder, Abdi, told Bar-kulan that he saw the militia sending back and preventing dozens of vehicles carrying people from going to the refugee camps in Kenya.

Al-Shabab were dislodged from their grip onto the control of Gedo region and most parts of Lower Jubba region by government troops backed by AS

By Mohamed Abukar