Uganda Ready to Send 5,000 Troops to Somalia

“… but only if the international community guarantees more funding and donates equipment, such as attack helicopters.” – President Museveni BY TABU BUTAGIRA | DAILY MONITOR President Museveni has told United States officials that Uganda is ready to deploy 5,000 additional troops to bolster military operations of the African Union Mission for Somalia (AMISOM) against […]

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Terror in Mogadishu: Notes on the Public Response and Counterterrorism

The deadliest terrorist attack in over a decade just occurred in Somalia. What happen to our solidarity hashtag? Where is the empathy for Somalia? BY FIKREJESUS AMHAZION (PhD) Last week, in the heart of Mogadishu, one of the most devastating terrorist attacks anywhere in the world for many years took place. The death toll from […]

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Eritrean President Sends Message of Condolence to Somali President

The Government and people of Eritrea stand firmly on the side of the Somali Government 17 October 2017 H.E. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed President of The Federal Republic of Somalia Mogadiscio Dear Mr. President, In these harrowing days where the people of Somalia have yet again suffered a pernicious terrorist attack of huge proportions, allow me […]

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Somalia Declares 3-Days of National Mourning

Death toll from truck bomb blast rises to 189, making it the country’s deadliest single blast ever. BY AL JAZEERA NEWS The death toll of Saturday’s explosion in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu has increased to at least 189 people, an official from the city’s ambulance service told Al Jazeera. Another 200 people were wounded in the blast, […]

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