Somali Defense Chiefs and Incoming AUSSOM Leader Vow to Ramp Up Efforts Against al-Shabaab
Strengthening Bonds: Somalia’s United Front Against Al-Shabaab
When Ahmed Macalin Fiqi, Somalia’s Defense Minister, met with Maj. Gen. Odowaa Yusuf Raage, the head of the Somali National Army, and Ambassador El Hadji Ibrahima Diene of AUSSOM in Mogadishu, the room was filled with an urgent sense of purpose. The threat posed by al-Shabaab has long cast a shadow over Somalia, intertwining fears and hopes within its communities. Now, these leaders face the daunting task of transforming that narrative.
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