 Moving on to other parts of Africa, peacekeeping forces of the African Union mission in Somalia and MISOM have conducted an operation against the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabaab terrorist group killing over 20 terrorists. The operation took place in Somalia's lower Shabal region. MISOM carried out the operation hours after al-Shabaab attacked the capital Mogadishu on multiple fronts and briefly took over the Khada district police station. The attacks, which began with suicide car bombings, killed at least five people, including two civilians, and wounded 16 others. As the Somali government focuses on completing parliamentary elections by a February 25 deadline, al-Shabaab have doubled their terrorist attacks. Last night's attack on Mogadishu was the first such frontal assault by the group since 2011, when Somali government forces backed by MISOM fully took control over Mogadishu.