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Baay Region Adaministration plans to open roads blocked by Al-Shabaab

Storyline:National News

The administration of Southwest State on Wednesday declared to re-open roads closed by Al-Shabaab in Baay region..

The Deputy governor of Baay region, Yonis Aadan Hassan who spoke Goobjoog news said that  the forces of Southwest  will play their role to ensure humanitarian relief reaches residents affected by the drought.

“We will launch an operation to open up roads block by Al-Shabaab and the operation will be continuous until we annihilate Al-Shabaab from the region,” said Hassan. “we would clear the road soon so as to facilitate easy access for people and business; we are also planning to open other access routes.”

Al-Shabaab militants have cut off main roads leading to several towns in central Somalia which the group lost to the troops of Somali government backed by AU forces.

In those regions there is a humanitarian problems amid reports that people have died there of hunger and thirst.