Somalia Military Capture Town from al-shabab

The military in Somalia has captured a strategic coastal town that al-Shabab jihadists had held for more than a decade.

Prime Minister, Hamza Barre described the taking of Haradhere, as a historic victory, noting that the enemy of the nation had been destroyed.

Other officials said the Islamist militant group fled without putting up a fight.

In recent months it has lost swathes of territory during a sustained offensive by government forces working with clan militias.