Barawa has been mentioned more than a dozen times throughout the RSS channels we monitor. This location appears to be especially popular on the channel 'Somaliland Monitor' where it has less than a dozen mentions. As seen in the chart below, Barawa had the highest popularity figure in May, 2015.

?Location Mentions History
Recent News
SOMALIA: Al-Shabab Seizes Boat with Foreign Nationals

[...] ferrying khat – a mild leafy narcotic plant chewed in East Africa – near the Somali port town of Barawe in Lower Shabelle region. The group is fighting the internationally recognised government in [...]

somalilandmonitor.com

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Mired in Major Losses: Al-Shabaab in 2014

[...] locations during Godane’s reign. Some of the parents of these fighters were told to come to Barawe during the last Eid festival to be reunited with their children. Al-Shabaab succeeded in [...]

somalilandmonitor.com

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Tl-Shabaab Kills 64 Non-Muslims in 11 Days

[...] has lost significant ground in Somalia, including its control of the critical port city of Barawa; but, experts warn that following the death of the group’s former emir, Ahmed Abdi Godane, in [...]

MMI
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livingwordsoflife.com

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Somalia Establishes New State

[...] at the conference. “The delegates unanimously agreed that the capital of the new state should be Barawe,” Nur told AA. The port city of Barawe was liberated from the Al-Shabaab militant group last [...]

somalilandmonitor.com

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SOMALIA: As Power of Shabab Declines, Once Feared Fighters Leave Terror Group Behind

[...] slunk away from one of the last strategically important cities the group controlled in Somalia, Barawe, an old port town on the threadbare southern coast. Residents said a column of Shabab battle [...]

somalilandmonitor.com

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UPDF changes Somalia Contingent Commander and sends more 2700 soldiers

[...] under AMISOM for a year. Battle group XII recently captured the last Al shabaab stronghold of Barawe. The first flight carrying over 100 soldiers landed this morning at Mogadishu International [...]

thetruthuganda.com

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UN Report Finds Gulf Financiers Aid Somalia Islamist Insurgency

[...] was published yesterday. At least 161 vessels transported the fuel from Kismayo and the town of Barawe between June 2013 and May 2014, while 5 million bags left the towns between September 2013 and [...]

somalilandmonitor.com

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Charcoal and Terrorism in Somalia: A Charred Harvest

[...] by boat across the Gulf of Aden. On October 5th African peacekeepers and Somali forces captured Barawe, the Shabab’s last major port, which lies between Kismayo and the capital, Mogadishu. But the [...]

somalilandmonitor.com

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Somalia tries to sway Al-Shabab stronghold

[...] Somali forces have called on the people of Barawe to support the government, now that it’s back in control of the southern town. The port had been [...]

rajneeti.co.in

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Global News Roundup

Global News Roundup

[...] a single shot being fired. Government forces were also trying to capture the seaside port of Barawe – al-Shabab’s official headquarters – south of Mogadishu. Al-Shabab fighters have targeted key [...]

jamiat.org.za

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US kills six in attack on al-Shabab leaders

[...] the results to see who died. The attack on Tuesday targeted vehicles and and encampment near Barawe, the armed group’s base of operations. The US said the targets... [Read More...] [...]

nigeria.varpal.com

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