The leader of the regional state of HirShabelle inspected the newly liberated Adan Yabaal town in Middle Shabelle.
President Ali Hussein Gudlawe visited the town in the company of other regional and federal government officials.
Brig. Gen. Odawa Yusuf Rageh, the Somali National Army (SNA) chief, was with him.
So was the federal Deputy Minister of Defense.
They were in Adan Yabaal to assess security on the ground following the recent liberation of the town from the hands of Al-Shabaab terrorists.