Security Is Tight In Baidoa, A City Surrounded By Al Shabab Militants

BAIDOA, SOMALIA - NOVEMBER 9: Major Mohamed Nur Madhere, of the 8th Brigade of the 66th Division of the Somali National Army, greets SNA soldiers and security forces upon arrival at the airport in Baidoa, Somalia, on November 9, 2022. The epicenter of Somalias humanitarian needs, on the verge of famine after four failed rainy seasons, and surrounded by Islamist Al Shabab militants, security is tight in the city of Baidoa. Risk of Al Shabab attacks on soft targets in government-controlled cities has increased, as the SNA, U.S.-trained Somali Special Forces, called Danab, or lightning, and local clan militias all band together for the first to press an offensive against Al Shabab, which has reclaimed more territory from the jihadists in five months than in the previous five years. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)