Why the Somali armed group Al Shabaab is still a threat

There's been heavy fighting between Somali forces and Al Shabaab fighters in the central region of Mudug. Last year ,the government said it had shifted its tactics against the militant group. Are those tactics working?

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And Zambian poet, Vanessa Chisakula, on telling stories through performance poetry.