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Al-Shabab sets up coronavirus treatment centre in Somalia

June 14, 2020
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Al-Shabab, the al-Qaeda-linked armed group based in Somalia, said it has set up a coronavirus treatment centre in the country.

“Al-Shabab’s coronavirus prevention and treatment committee has opened a COVID-19 centre,” the group said in a broadcast on their radio station Andalus, adding the centre had been set up in Jilib, about 380km (236 miles) south of the capital, Mogadishu.

“International health organisations said COVID-19 is spreading in Africa.”

For more than a decade, the group has been fighting to topple Somalia’s Western-backed central government and establish its own government based on its strict interpretation of Islamic law.

The group said the virus posed a great threat to Somalia and urged people with symptoms to seek medical help.

It frequently carries out bombings and gun attacks in Somalia on military and civilian targets, including at hotels, intersections and checkpoints.

In the broadcast, a man who identified himself as Sheikh Mohamed Bali thanked al-Shabab for setting up the centre and asked those with symptoms to report to the centre.

Another person in the broadcast, who did not identify himself, said the centre was ready with vehicles to transport suspected coronavirus patients who call in seeking care.

As of Sunday, the East African country has reported 2,579 cases and 87 deaths, according to a tally by the Johns Hopkins University.

Meanwhile, six people died when a plane carrying aid supplies for use in the fight against the coronavirus crashed in Somalia on Monday, May 04, 2020, according to the Somali transport minister.

He declined to speculate on the cause of the crash, but a former defence minister told Reuters news agency that he spoke to a witness at the airfield who said the plane appeared to have been shot down.

Six people – the pilot, copilot, flight engineer and a trainee pilot, as well as two people working for the airline – were onboard, said Transport Minister Mohamed Salad. Five bodies were recovered so far, he said.

Salad said he sent a unit to investigate that will arrive on Tuesday, and said he welcomed international assistance.

Source: Aljazeera
Tags: Al-QaedaAl-ShabbabCOVID-19international
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