SOMALIA: UN Report

CJFT is the main line of defence against militants.It added that the militants operate from the Mandara Mountains, which stretch across Gwoza, providing them with a strategic hideout.ISWAP jihadists killed at least nine people, including five CJTF members and four labourers on November 17th in the village of Mayenti.The incident came three days after ISWAP fighters killed four security personnel in Damboa district, 90km from the regional capital, Maiduguri.A United Nations situation report shared among aid agencies in the region confirmed the incident.(Premium Times;On November 15th, Boko Haram killed around 200 ISWAP fighters in an ambush on the shores of Lake Chad, according to intelligence and anti-jihadist militia sources in latest escalation of a turf war between the two jihadist groups, AFP reported.