NEW : Large areas of Somalia are suffering from famine . In confirming that Al-Shabaab fighters had left the city , spokesman Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage said the fighting was hardly over . ` NEW : Al Qaeda - linked al - Qaeda has been waging an offensive since January . Group retreated from the capital of Mogadishu over weekend . They promise to keep on fighting .
NEW : Large areas of Somalia are suffering from famine . NEW : Al Qaeda - linked al - Qaeda has been waging an offensive since January . Group retreated from the capital of Mogadishu over weekend . They promise to keep on fighting .