Ethiopia Ready to Launch ‘Massive Offensive’ Against Al-Shabab

The military campaign is in response to an ambush on Ethiopian troops and last week’s Nairobi hotel attack BY ASSOCIATED PRESS The Ethiopian National Defense Force on Saturday confirmed an ambush by al-Shabab extremists on an Ethiopian peacekeeping convoy in neighboring Somalia and said Ethiopian forces are preparing a “massive offensive” in response.

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Somalia Troops Contributing Countries Call on UN to Reverse Troop Withdraw Resolution

The leaders have described as ‘unrealistic’ any attempts to withdraw their troops under AMISOM by 2020 despite a resolution by the UN Security Council. BY HALIMA ATHUMANI | VOA NEWS The five East African nations contributing troops to the AMISOM peacekeeping mission in Somalia have called on the U.N. Security Council to keep troops slated […]

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US Suspends Aid to Somalia’s Battered Military Over Corruption

The suspension came after the Somali military repeatedly failed to account for food and fuel BY KATHARINE HOURED | REUTERS The United States is suspending food and fuel aid for most of Somalia’s armed forces over corruption concerns, a blow to the military as African peacekeepers start to withdraw this month. African Union (AU) troops […]

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Somalia Police, Intelligence Chiefs Fired After Deadly Hotel Siege

Intel Chief Abdullahi Mohamed Sanbalolshe and Commander of the Police Abdihakim Saaid sacked after extremist hotel siege killed at least 26 people. BY VOA NEWS Somalia’s police commander and intelligence chief have been fired, after a deadly al-Shabab siege of hotel in the capital Mogadishu. Officials say at least 26 people were killed in the […]

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