Zakariya Ahmed Ismail Hersi Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/zakariya-ahmed-ismail-hersi/ The low down on African affairs Sat, 27 Dec 2014 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Zakariya Ahmed Ismail Hersi Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/zakariya-ahmed-ismail-hersi/ 32 32 Al Shabab commander surrenders https://jjcornish.com/2014/12/al-shabab-commander-surrenders/ Sat, 27 Dec 2014 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2014/12/al-shabab-commander-surrenders/ A top Al Shabab commander in Somalia has surrendered to authorites there and is in custody. His capitulation reflects a leadership battle within the terrorist organisation. The US State Department had put a $3 million price on the head of Al Shabab commander Zakariya Ahmed Ismail Hersi. His surrender follows the killing of three African […]

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]]> A top Al Shabab commander in Somalia has surrendered to authorites there and is in custody.

His capitulation reflects a leadership battle within the terrorist organisation.

The US State Department had put a $3 million price on the head of Al Shabab commander Zakariya Ahmed Ismail Hersi.

His surrender follows the killing of three African Union peacekeepers and a civilian contractor in a Christmas Eve attack on the AU military headquarters in Mogadishu.

It comes three months after Al Shabab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane was killed in a US air strike.

Hersi’s believed to have fallen out with Godane. He was on the run but retained a powerful following among militants.

Acting on a tip-off, Somali police stormed a house where Hersi was sheltering.

He surrendered without a fight.

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