MOGADISHU
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The U.S. embassy in Somalia also lauded the efforts of the government to facilitate the defections of former and current Al-Shabaab members.
"The U.S. encourages the Somali government to continue to create pathways for Al-Shabaab members to reject terrorism and join efforts to build a peaceful and prosperous country for all Somalis," the embassy said in a statement issued in Mogadishu.
The statement comes after former deputy leader of the militant group Al-Shabaab Mukhtar Robow surrendered to the government on Sunday. Robow, also known as Abu Mansur
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"I fell out with the group over ideological differences five years and seven months ago. I was living in the Bakol region and Al-Shabab attacked me there. They tried to kill me, but I defended myself," Robow told journalists in Mogadishu on Tuesday.
