IGAD Calls for 8,000 Additional Troops and Funding Amid Al-Shabaab Threats in Somalia
Mogadishu (AX) — The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has sounded the alarm, urgently calling for the rapid deployment of an additional 8,000 peacekeepers. This plea is made against the backdrop of escalating Al-Shabaab attacks, which have cast a long shadow over years of stabilization efforts in Somalia. The situation is becoming increasingly precarious, jeopardizing the hard-earned progress of the nation.
During a ministerial meeting held in Kampala on Thursday, IGAD Executive Secretary Workneh Gebeyehu…