has been in the country helping to keep people safe they'll be pulled out next year but is the mahdi army brady to fight al-shabaab on its own. and putting out fires and cameroon which. has recently stepped up attacks on civilians. in how the corona virus outbreak has made life uncomfortable for some south africa. hello i'm christine want to welcome to news africa it's good to have your company al-shabaab islamists attacks 2 somali military bases on wednesday morning the official number of casualties has not been released but say african union troops helped repel the 2nd largest attack those troops were part of the african union peacekeeping mission in somalia cord and was some 4 short they've paid a huge role in security in the country but they are set to leave and that's prompting fears that they have departure could boost. its my time in mogadishu and army some troops are patrolling the capital. for over a decade the multinational peacekeeping force has been central to somalia security and the battle to contain a mighty enemy. al-shabaab. the al qaeda affiliated islamist extremist group cont