Security Is Tight In Baidoa, A City Surrounded By Al Shabab Militants

BAIDOA, SOMALIA - NOVEMBER 9: Draped in bandoliers of bullets, armed Somali security guards man the compound of the city mayor in Baidoa, Somalia, on November 9, 2022. The epicenter of Somalias humanitarian needs, on the verge of famine after four failed rainy seasons, and surrounded by Islamist Al Shabab militants, security is tight in the city of Baidoa. Risk of Al Shabab attacks on soft targets in government-controlled cities has increased, as the Somali National Army (SNA), U.S.-trained Somali Special Forces, called Danab, or lightning, and local clan militias, all band together for the first to press an offensive against Al Shabab, which has reclaimed more territory from the jihadists in five months than in the previous five years. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)