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Somali security forces open fire on ex-spy chief in Mogadishu

Somali security forces open fire on ex-spy chief in Mogadishu MOGADISHU, Somalia - Mogadishu security forces on Sunday night opened fire on a former director of Somalia's National Intelligence Security Agency , in what could escalate political tensions in a country struggling with instability. Speaking to the media, General Abdirahman Mohamud Turyare said "I came under fire while the…

Somali forces to take a number one position in operations in opposition to Al-Shabaab

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A two-day meeting to evaluate the gains of the security sector in Somalia has ended in Mogadishu, the capital, with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Somali National Army (SNA) agreeing on strategies for Somali security forces to take a leading role in security operations forward. Attending the meeting were representatives of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), military leaders of the Somali National Army (SNA) and AMISOM as well as officials from the United Nations Support…

Special forces on the streets of Mogadishu as fears of conflict rise

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, has once again witnessed an increased presence of troops on Wednesday night is the latest sign of a possible breakdown of the opposition. Turkish-trained Haram'ad police with armored vehicles have been deployed on the streets at several major intersections, following the immediate former Mogadishu police chief Braiger General Sadik John protected by dozens of soldiers moved from the airport facility to the Circolo Ufficiale area. The unusual army movement has…

two assaults goal UN forces and

Two terrorist attacks targeted the Malian army, in the middle of the country, and the UN mission in Mali (Minusma), in the far north. The latter was particularly violent. In the same region, the French army, for its part, carried out an attack on a camp of suspected jihadists on Thursday, April 1. From our special…

two assaults goal defensive forces in

The preliminary number of two attacks last night in the northern Ivory Coast shows at least six dead. Five people were killed in clashes between defense and security forces and attackers qualified as "terrorists" by the General Staff in Kafolo. A gendarme was killed in a separate skirmish several kilometers east of this village.…

The drought within the southwest forces

The World Food Program (WFP) is sounding the alarm in Angola. Southwest of the country is experiencing a severe drought - the worst in 40 years - and famine is threatening thousands of families whose farms no longer produce anything. The drought that is raging in Kwanza-Sul, Benguela, Huambo or Huila has begun to be felt. In these provinces of southwestern Angola, the difficulties are such that families have begun to leave these regions. "We are seeing a phenomenon of drought in the middle of the rainy season," warns…

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed admits that Eritrean forces are

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed admits Eritrean forces are in Tigray Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed admitted on Tuesday that troops from neighboring Eritrea were present in the conflict-ridden Tigray region and suggested they may have been involved in the abuse of civilians. The shooting comes after months of denials from Addis Ababa and Asmara, and accusations from rights…

Common Abraha Kassa, President of the Armed Forces

On Monday, the European Union took the first sanctions against several senior foreign officials accused of violating human rights in a particularly serious way. Eritrea is particularly concerned about Africa. The target of European sanctions is General Abraha Kassa, the head of the regime's security apparatus led by President Issayas Afewerki. Portrait.…

in Tessalit, the Allied forces coordinate theirs

The fight against terrorism in northern Mali, where information exchange and joint patrols are carried out. Allied forces on the ground are increasingly concentrating their efforts on fighting terrorism. This is the case in Tessalit, where French Barkhane forces, the UN peacekeeping forces and the Malian armed forces coexist.…

the presence of peacekeeping forces is reassuring

In northern Mali, among the Minusma contingents most exposed to terrorist acts, there is Chad, based in Aguelhoc, in the Kidal region. A dangerous area that the UN peacekeeping forces are determined to secure. With our special correspondent in Aguelhoc, Serge DanielA convoy of armored vehicles, driven and secured by Chadian…

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