tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44988718087922658552024-03-13T18:20:01.279-07:00Somalia Scrambled 2016Scrambled Somalia - Jubaland, Puntland, Somaliland,Somalia,Glamoud ..Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger209125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498871808792265855.post-38897312995253020402017-06-17T06:52:00.001-07:002017-06-17T06:52:00.384-07:00 260 Somali and Ethiopian Migrants and Refugees Abused, Held Against Their Will by Gangs in Libya - Libya | ReliefWeb<h1 class="node-title clearfix" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Volkhov-Regular, Volkhov-Regular-Extra, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 32px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; margin: 30px 0px 40px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;">Facebook Video Circulates Showing 260 Somali and Ethiopian Migrants and Refugees Abused, Held Against Their Will by Gangs in Libya</h1><div class="node-info clearfix" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); 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vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 13.6px; font-weight: lighter; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Switzerland - The UN Migration Agency (IOM) is deeply concerned by the situation of approximately 260 Somali and Ethiopian migrants and refugees, including many children, held captive by smugglers and/or criminal gangs in Libya. In a video posted on Facebook on 9 June, hundreds of emaciated and abused Somalis and Ethiopians are seen huddled fearfully in a concrete room. Other nationalities may also be present.</div><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 13.6px; font-weight: lighter; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Speaking on video to a Somali journalist based in Turkey (who recorded the call he received from the criminal gang), the migrants and refugees, who are sitting on the floor in a crowded space, say they have been beaten and tortured. Some report that their teeth have been removed, their arms broken and that none of them have been given any food. They explain that women have been put in different cells, where they are afraid that they are being further abused both sexually and physically. Parents and other relatives of the captive migrants and refugees are also receiving short video clips via social media, where they are being asked to pay between USD 8,000–10,000 or their child or relative will be killed. Some of the individuals in the videos have been missing for up to six years according to their families in Somalia. The exact location where they are being held is not yet known.</div><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 13.6px; font-weight: lighter; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“I have being here one year. I am beaten every day. I swear I do not eat food. My body is bruised from beating,” said one of the captives in the video. “If you have seen the life here you wouldn’t stay this world any more. I didn't eat the last four days but the biggest problem is beating here. They don’t want to release me.”</div><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 13.6px; font-weight: lighter; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Throughout the video there are exchanges between the journalist and the person moderating on site in Libya. In one instance, he introduces the journalist to a young visibly starving man with a large concrete block weighing down on his back, as punishment for his family not paying his ransom.</div><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 13.6px; font-weight: lighter; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“I was asked for 8000 US Dollars,” said the young man, when asked by journalist why the criminal gang were punishing him. “They broke my teeth. They broke my hand. I have being here 11 months… This stone has been put on me for the last three days. It’s really painful.”</div><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 13.6px; font-weight: lighter; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“I was here one year,” said one captive on the video from Ethiopia pleading with the journalist for help. “We want help. My brother, my brother, we are dead! We are beaten 24 hours a day, brother I am begging you! Brother I beg you, do whatever you can do. I can’t sleep, my chest hurts so much because they beat me with big pieces of steel every hour. They put us out in the sun. They do not give us food for days. Brother, we want you can take us back to our country!”</div><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 13.6px; font-weight: lighter; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Seeing a Facebook video of innocent migrants and refugees who have been abused and tortured is deeply concerning. IOM condemns the way that criminal gangs use social media in their shocking abuse of people held against their will and to extort money from their families back home,” said Mohammed Abdiker, IOM Director of Operations and Emergencies, when learning of the situation. “This is a global problem where a smuggler or a criminal gang can easily use digital platforms to advertise their services, entice vulnerable people on the move and then exploit them and their families. It is high time that social media and tech companies recognize the extreme harm that is occurring because of their failure to monitor and react to situations of grave human rights abuses – leading ultimately to murder – that are being shared through their channels.”</div><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 13.6px; font-weight: lighter; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“The cruelty of the human traffickers preying on vulnerable refugees and migrants in Libya does not seem to have a limit,” said Amin Awad, UNHCR Director for the Middle East and North Africa. “UNHCR is concerned about the plight of these asylum seekers and calls for their immediate release in collaboration with the Libyan authorities. We abhor the graphic images circulated widely and the heinous abuses perpetrated by these groups.”</div><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 13.6px; font-weight: lighter; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Migrants and refugees travelling to Libya from the Horn Africa are frequently abducted in the Raybana area on the country’s southern border after crossing from Sudan. The area is very insecure with smuggling gangs from across the region preying on vulnerable people.</div><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 13.6px; font-weight: lighter; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The relevant authorities are aware of this inhumane situation and are working to locate and assist the individuals in the video. IOM and partners will work with the government authorities to urgently secure the release of these migrants and refugees and provide critical support, including medical and psychosocial, as well as transport if they want to return home.</div><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 13.6px; font-weight: lighter; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">*Please note that IOM has not shared the Facebook video to protect the migrants and refugees from retaliation by their captors</div><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 13.6px; font-weight: lighter; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For further information, please contact Leonard Doyle, IOM, Tel: +41 79 285 7123, Email: <a href="mailto:ldoyle@iom.int" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #29a4d9; font-size: 13.6px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ldoyle@iom.int</a></div></div><div class="source-disclaimers" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 10px; line-height: 10px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="source-disclaimers-disclaimer" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="source-disclaimer-name" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">International Organization for Migration:</span><div class="source-disclaimer-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #666666; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-weight: lighter; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Copyright © IOM. 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<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem;">The militants were also said to have detonated an explosive device outside the restaurant. The explosion is said to have impacted another facility, Posh Treats, located opposite the attacked restaurant.</div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem;">A local journalist tweeted that police believed that there were about four militants in the facility and they were planning to storm the place. Al-Shabaab has carried out such attacks on restaurants in the past.</div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem;">The group is the biggest security threat of the restive Horn of Africa nation. The al-Qaeda affiliate is also a transnational threat as their activities has extended to neighbouring Kenya where they continue to launch deadly attacks.</div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem;">Somalia’s security set up is multi-pronged as part of efforts to combat the group. The Somali National Army (<span class="caps" style="box-sizing: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">SNA</span>) is complimented by African Union forces (<span class="caps" style="box-sizing: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">AMISOM</span>). Kenyan and Ethiopian troops are also involved in security operations in Somalia as is the United States.</div></div></div></section></div></section>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498871808792265855.post-16824969393218247052017-06-17T06:49:00.001-07:002017-06-17T06:49:08.029-07:00Kenyans, Ethiopians among the rescued as Al-Shabaab attacks Mogadishu restaurant | Africanews<div class="program--News programBlockHeader" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; display: inline-block; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; width: 1180px;"><h1 class="article__title" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 34px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 34px; margin: 5px 0px 1.5rem 10px;"><br /></h1></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><br /><br />
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<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem;">The militants were also said to have detonated an explosive device outside the restaurant. The explosion is said to have impacted another facility, Posh Treats, located opposite the attacked restaurant.</div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem;">A local journalist tweeted that police believed that there were about four militants in the facility and they were planning to storm the place. Al-Shabaab has carried out such attacks on restaurants in the past.</div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem;">The group is the biggest security threat of the restive Horn of Africa nation. The al-Qaeda affiliate is also a transnational threat as their activities has extended to neighbouring Kenya where they continue to launch deadly attacks.</div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem;">Somalia’s security set up is multi-pronged as part of efforts to combat the group. The Somali National Army (<span class="caps" style="box-sizing: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">SNA</span>) is complimented by African Union forces (<span class="caps" style="box-sizing: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">AMISOM</span>). Kenyan and Ethiopian troops are also involved in security operations in Somalia as is the United States.</div></div></div></section></div></section>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498871808792265855.post-80105795030084654262017-06-09T01:30:00.001-07:002017-06-09T01:30:14.277-07:00: So Many Trapped Al-Shabab Commanders Willing to Defect, Minister Says<h1 style="border: 0px; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></h1><div class="utility-bar" style="background-image: url("../images/utility/utility-bg.png"); background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); border-image: initial; border-left: none; border-radius: 7px; border-right: none; border-top: 2px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 12px; height: 25px; margin: 15px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 7px 0px 0px 5px;"><ul style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="nobg" style="background-image: none; background-position: left center; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; visibility: hidden;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"></strong></li>
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<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Bishar Farah Mumin defected in Hiiraan last Wednesday and had been a commander in al-Shabaab’s military wing (known as Jabha) in Hiraan, Galgaduud and Mudug regions.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sheikh Abdullahi Sheikh Abdi defected in Kismayo on Saturday and had been Al-Shabab’s shadow District Commissioner of Jamame in Lower Jubba.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">The recent defection of the two mid-rank militant commanders came as government forces and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) preparing to launch fresh military offensive against the Al-Shabab controlled areas in the Shabelle regions.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">"Disaffected leaders from different places and who had different roles within Al-Shabaab are defecting from the terrorist group in this Holy Month of Ramadan. So are many, many foot-soldiers.”</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">The minister of information adds that the Somali Government continue to offer its amnesty to the members of the militant group willing to defect and refrain from its violent behavior.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">"The Federal Government of Somalia offers amnesty to anyone trapped inside Al-Shabaab as long as they reject the group’s alien ideology, renounce violence and agree to cooperate in the reconstruction of Somalia.” He said.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">As drought affects many parts of the country, Al-Shabab militia in the push have been facing short of food, according to sources, in addition to the growing pressure from the local communities who continue to oppose the group’s restrictive orders against relief operation in the areas the militia controls.</span></div><div><span style="border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498871808792265855.post-54570121024978547512017-02-15T05:54:00.001-08:002017-02-15T05:56:06.981-08:00Somaliland Deal with UAE "Corrupt, Illegal" - Voice of America<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Officials in Somalia and breakaway Somaliland took bribes in exchange for authorizing a United Arab Emirates military base in the port city of Berbera, according to Somalia's auditor general.</div>
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Auditor General Nur Jimale Farah is one of several observers questioning the propriety of the UAE base deal, which Somaliland's parliament overwhelmingly approved Sunday.</div>
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In an interview with VOA's Somali service, Jimale accused senior officials in Somaliland and the government of Somalia's former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of backing the deal for the sake of “illegitimate private gains.”</div>
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He also questioned Somaliland's right to reach an agreement with the UAE. Somaliland considers itself independent from Somalia, but is not recognized by any country.</div>
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“The deal has none of the legal provisions needed and did not go through Somalia's legitimate public procurement, financial institutions and the parliament. Therefore, it is corrupted and illegal,” Jimale said.</div>
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“We know that individuals within the leadership of Somalia and Somaliland were invited to Dubai and that they were corrupted with bags full of cash to sign the agreement,” he added.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px;">Deal looked 'very secretive'</strong></div>
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Jimale would not specify the individuals allegedly involved in the deal, and VOA could not independently verify the allegations.</div>
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Somaliland's representative to the UAE, Bashe Awil Omer, denied the bribery accusation. “It is baseless and we categorically deny it,” he told VOA. “If they have an evidence for such allegation, they should show to the public.”</div>
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Speaking to VOA on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment on this issue, a senior official in Somalia's foreign ministry refused to deny or confirm the corruption allegations, but said neither the ministry nor the Somali cabinet was given a chance to discuss the UAE deal.</div>
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“We heard about the deal, which looked very secretive,” the official said. “It was not brought before the cabinet and the foreign ministry office. When we asked about it, we were told that the president and the prime minister's offices were dealing with it.”</div>
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Somali's former president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is escorted as he leaves a meeting in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, Jan. 30, 2017.</div>
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Abdiwahab Abdisamad, an independent Nairobi-based Horn of Africa analyst, said he also heard the agreement got a secret green light from the outgoing Mohamud administration.</div>
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“As the reliable sources we are getting from the ground indicate, before Somaliland, authorities within the administration of the former head of state Hassan Sheikh Mohamud signed the agreement and Somaliland put it into vote at its parliament, only to send a message that it is a Somaliland project rather than a Somalia project,” Abdisamad said.</div>
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Somaliland's Wadani and OCID opposition parties have described the agreement as illegal and unconstitutional.</div>
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A ship is docked at the Berbera port in Somalia, May 17, 2015.</div>
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The agreement calls for the UAE to operate a base in Berbera for 25 years. Previously, Somaliland signed a deal with a UAE international port operator DP World. That deal would upgrade the port of Berbera, the largest in Somaliland.</div>
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Being part of a coalition that has been fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen, the UAE already has a military facility at Eritrea's Assab port for use. The Berbera base, which is only 90 kilometers from the shores of Yemen, will help it tighten the coalition blockade on the rebels.</div>
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Somali analysts say the base will be less of a headache for the UAE than the one in Eritrea, which is under United Nations sanctions.</div>
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Speaking at the parliament session, Somaliland's President Ahmed Silanyo said that the military base would benefit Somaliland and help create jobs.</div>
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In an interview with VOA on Monday, Somaliland Aviation Minister Farhan Adan Haybe said the deal has gone through all the Somaliland legal channels and therefore would be valid.</div>
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“The base is on a lease. It can't be used by any other nation except the UAE, and can't be subleased.” Haybe told VOA.</div>
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However, Jimale called on the UAE to back out of the deal, saying it violated Somalia's national and territorial integrity.</div>
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“UAE has already violated our national sovereignty and airspace because of its plans to come to Somaliland without paying air space tax and without the permission of Somalia's legitimate government,” Jimale said. “We ask UAE to respect the international code of conduct.”</div>
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margin-bottom: 10px;">The United Arab Emirates is going to set up a second military base in the Horn of Africa, sparking concern among some governments in the region.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;">The Somaliland parliament approved the deal for the northern port of Berbera on Sunday, with 144 lawmakers voting for, two against and two abstentions.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;">Under the 30-year deal, the Emirati government will have exclusive rights to Somaliland’s largest port and manage and oversee operational activities.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://web.dpworld.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #6778b9; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">DP World</a>, the UAE’s ports operator company, will supervise the port, which will gain a naval base as well as an air base. The lease of the port is contingent on the $442 million deal with DP World.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;">In return, Somaliland will get investment as well as international recognition: no other country has yet recognised the breakaway territory – which separated itself from the rest of Somalia in 1993 - as an "independent state".</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Emirati port operator will manage the operational activities, but there's no official word on the time it will take for the military base to become fully operational.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">UAE’s military is considered a formidable force in Africa, particularly after the establishment of its military base at Assab in Eritrea in 2015.</div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Eritrean base has been used by the UAE in the Yemen war against the Houthis. It is not known whether the facility at Berbera will have a similar purpose.</div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"></div><div class="media media-element-container media-content_full_width" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="" class="media-element file-content-full-width" src="http://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_large/public/images/SomaliaUAE_02-01.png" height="650" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" typeof="foaf:Image" width="620" /><small class="field field-name-field-file-caption field-type-text field-label-hidden" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; display: block; font-size: 11.9px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 15px;"></small></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;">Osman Abdillahi, minister of information and national guidance, told <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en-GB&q=http://www.somalilandpress.com/somalilanduae-military-base-will-bring-attract-investment-will-open-flood-gates-countries-recognize-somaliland-minister-information-national-guidance/&source=gmail&ust=1487084578683000&usg=AFQjCNGpWkK-BPFMpyHOkiZguxsAVzO_oQ" href="http://www.somalilandpress.com/somalilanduae-military-base-will-bring-attract-investment-will-open-flood-gates-countries-recognize-somaliland-minister-information-national-guidance/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #6778b9; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Somaliland Press</a>, the country’s official news agency, that the “UAE military base will bring investment which will open the flood gates for countries to recognise Somaliland.”</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;">Abu Dhabi is reaching out to countries in and around the Horn of Africa, as it looks to increase its non-oil revenue through other avenues including real estate, trade and financial services.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;">Abdillahi said: “The Berbera to Wajale highway will cost about $230-300 million, not forgetting the creations of thousands of jobs for our people, which will alleviate the endemic joblessness that has incapacitated our people.”</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;">It is significant because the UAE will be engaging in trade across the port, and for this, it would require a sustainable road network across Berbera. Hence, as the minister said, it will create opportunities for the local people on infrastructure development.</div><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;">Tension with Ethiopia</h3><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;">But the Somaliland deal has angered Ethiopia, one of the regional powers in the Horn of Africa, which itself has economic ties with the UAE.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;">As recently as last year, the UAE and Ethiopia signed several investment deals, under the terms of which the UAE is legally bound to protect the economic interests of Ethiopia.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;">Last January, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en-GB&q=http://www.geeskaafrika.com/13991/ethiopia-president-warns-saudi-arabia-and-uae-of-consequences-if-eritrea-attacks/&source=gmail&ust=1487085254194000&usg=AFQjCNE072IJ0lkZc6DTcd_gnnAfxJcDwg" href="http://www.geeskaafrika.com/13991/ethiopia-president-warns-saudi-arabia-and-uae-of-consequences-if-eritrea-attacks/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #6778b9; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Ethiopia's prime minister rebuked the UAE government</a> for having established the base in Eritrea.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;">Hailemariam Desalegn said: “We have also stressed that they will bear the consequences of our response if their operation in the area supports the Eritrean regime’s destabilisation agenda against Ethiopia."</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">There is still tension between the two east African nations after they fought a war from May 1998 to June 2000.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498871808792265855.post-75555846342835255352017-01-24T01:33:00.004-08:002017-01-24T01:33:39.741-08:00Ethiopia’s Electioneering in Somalia for Sheikh Mohamud<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Let’s start with the basic facts: Ethiopia is desperately trying to get Hassan Sheikh Mohamud re-elected as a president of Somalia. The evidence of this effort was encapsulated in a recent report by a think-tank affiliated with Ethiopia’s Foreign Ministry and external intelligence. Ethiopia’s renewed agenda goes against the wishes of the overwhelming majority of the Somalis and their members of the Federal Parliament, as we witnessed in the recent parliamentary leadership election, where President Mohamud’s choice for first and second deputies of the House of the People were soundly defeated.</div>
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There’s a simple logic to Ethiopia’s calculus: always work against the wishes of the Somali people by trying to impose your leadership choice upon them, because, as a deeply clannish, polarized and savage people, Somalis must be under the arm pit of the enlightened Tigray junta in Addis Ababa.</div>
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Ethiopia’s electioneering in Somalia is nothing new. What’s new, however, is their tactic. When, in 2004, Ethiopia successfully strong-armed the warlord-infested parliament it concocted in Kenya to elect Col. Abdullahi Yusuf as the President of Somalia, its narrative was that the “Hawiye clan is reviled by Somalis and thus unfit to lead Somalia.” Hence the installation of a Daarood President who, at the time, couldn’t even set a foot in Mogadishu until after two years while riding an Ethiopian tank. At the time, Ethiopia’s propaganda machine, aided and abetted by Somalis suffering from Stockholm Syndrome, portrayed the Hawiye clan as a murderous, extremist and even terrorist bunch who are bent on pilfering both public and private resources, and who are inherently anti law and order.</div>
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Fast forward a decade, and Ethiopia is selling the exact opposite narrative: that the Daarood clan are uniquely unqualified to lead Somalia, because they’re irreparably meek and periphery squatters. Furthermore, Ethiopia is framing the Daarood as super weak vis-à-vis Al-Shabaab, notwithstanding the overwhelming evidence that, in the Daarood-controlled regions (Puntland and Jubbaland), Al-Shabaab is either routed altogether, or being chased. Ironically, Ethiopia is now depicting the Hawiye as the only bulwark against Al-Shabaab and people of law and order, despite the overwhelming evidence that the terrorist organization is thriving in Hawiye-controlled regions (Galmudug, Hirshabelle & Benadir). And despite the fact that, the Hawiye outnumber any other clan among the top brass of Al-Shabaab.</div>
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The point is not that Daarood is better than Hawiye or vice versa; it’s Ethiopia’s naked attempt to exploit the deeply clannish mentality of the Somali people by pitting major clans against each other to produce the same desired result: a perpetually weak and fragmented Somalia at war with each other.</div>
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Externalizing domestic crisis</div>
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A major motivation of Ethiopia’s renewed intervention in Somalia is to externalize domestic crisis that has rocked the 100-million nation in 2016. Since 1991, Ethiopia is dominated (both literally and figuratively) by the Tigray minority, which, per official figures, are fewer than Somalis. They have a stranglehold on the politics, economics and, crucially, the security apparatus.</div>
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Through the EPDRF, the ruling party, which now controls 100% of Ethiopia’s rubberstamp “parliament”, the Tigray minority exploits its position of power to manipulate the rest of the major ethnic groups, principally the Oromos and Amharas. Increasingly, however, the TPLF (Tigray party) is looking for ways to distract both domestic and international attention away from the burning crisis at home.</div>
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Somalia is the perfect theater of operations to do this, having been involved in various capacities since 1996 when Ethiopia’s troops first invaded Gedo region. Since then, Ethiopia’s stated foreign policy agenda towards Somalia was simple, if quintessentially colonial in nature: divide and rule.</div>
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No one is more qualified to implement this momentous task than Gen. Gabre, a cantankerous diminutive who’s been the de facto case officer for Somalia since 1991. Gen. Gabre rapidly rose through the ranks and, in 2006 as Ethiopia’s fully fledged military occupation got underway, he was promoted to the title of “Head of the Political Bureau for Somalia,” a rank that’s superior to both the ambassador and the commander of their forces. In recent years, Gen. Gabre, who freely roams around Mogadishu’s posh hotels and homes of power bases, has changed uniform. He was made the Special Envoy of the IGAD (another Ethiopian outfit) to Somalia, an assuming role where he could operate seamlessly within Somalia and among IGAD member states, to advance the stated objective of Ethiopia.</div>
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But Gen. Gabre needs local enablers. Over the past few years, he has found three perfect moles to get his objectives across: Farah Sheikh Abdiqadir, an MP and President Mohamud’s closest ally, Mustaf Sheikh Ali Dhuhulow, an MP and a former minister known for his showmanship and Mohamed Jama Mursal Geelle, a new MP, Minister of Telecoms and, for several years, Gen. Gabre’s aide. Farah is the ringleader, assisted by Geelle and Dhuhulow.</div>
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The Network is working hard to get President Mohamud re-elected, but their test case (Farah’s bid to be elected as 11st Deputy Speaker of Parliament) failed spectacularly. And they know that Ethiopia’s political projects have an unmistakable record of failure: Abdullahi Yusuf failed in 2004, so did their 2006/2007 invasion. Their 2009 attempt to get PM Nur Adde elected as president failed, as did their 2012 attempt to get PM Abdiweli Gaas elected President.</div>
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In 2015, they tried to install Ahmed Abdisalam Aden (a former ally now backing PM Sharmarke’s bid for president) as the President of Galmudug failed miserably. In 2016, they tried to get Ali Abdi Waare as the President of Hirshabeelle, and it also failed. And now, in 2017, the writing is on the wall: their choice for President will also fail.</div>
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With such a terrible track record, one would hope that Gen. Gabre and his Tigray bosses would learn a dear lesson: that Somalis, despite their deep divisions, have consistently rejected Ethiopia in the ballot box (and in the bullet box, too).</div>
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2017 Presidential Election</div>
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Now that the prospects of Hassan Sheikh’s re-election are practically nonexistent, it’s incumbent upon the newly formed Federal Parliament to elect a leader who will not kowtow to Ethiopia’s misogynist policy toward Somalia. In fact, that should be a litmus test for all aspirants. Credible candidates must make their stance against Ethiopia unequivocally.</div>
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It’s very clear that the results of the 2017 Presidential Election will be the final coffin on Ethiopia’s meddling in Somalia. On behalf of the Somali people, I call on all MPs to not vote for Ethiopia.</div>
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<article class="clr_left" id="article-body" style="background-color: white; clear: left; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Addis Ababa - Ethiopia on Wednesday denied that a string of withdrawals of troops from towns in Somalia were connected to the state of emergency declared in response to nearly a year of anti-government protests.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Government spokesperson Getachew Reda insisted the removal of troops from a string of Somali towns -including at least three since Ethiopia declared a six-month state of emergency on October 9 - was to do with the "financial burden" and "lack of support" rather than the need for more troops at home.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"It has nothing to do with the state of emergency," Reda told a press conference in the capital Addis Ababa.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"We have been making a very conscious and responsible decision to evacuate our forces from many parts of Somalia. We cannot remain there indefinitely."</div><div class="ad_container_24" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="24ad600x50" id="ad-600x50-1" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="noad" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Reda said the domestic challenge represented by the unprecedented months of sometimes deadly anti-government protests was not "enormous enough for us to shift our policy in Somalia".</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fate </strong></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ethiopian troops deployed to fight Shabaab militants in Somalia have left towns in the western Bakool and Hiraan regions in recent weeks, allowing the insurgents to immediately reclaim them.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Most recently, Tiyeeglow in Bakool region was abandoned on Wednesday and hours later Shabaab fighters moved in.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"We were informed about the pullout of the Ethiopian troops and this morning they have proceeded with their plan to vacate the town," said Abdulahi Moalim Hassan, a security official in Hudur, the nearby district capital.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"We are not sure about the fate of Hudur as well," he added. "People are worried and they are not relying on the Ethiopian troops anymore."</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Reda said the withdrawn troops were not from Ethiopia's 4 400-strong contingent of the internationally-funded African Union peace-enforcement mission, Amisom, but rather were some of the "few thousands" deployed in Somalia unilaterally for which his government is "paying all the expenses".</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"These troops are not under Amisom and unfortunately are not being helped in their efforts to assist the Somali national army," said Reda.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">He said Amisom troops were not affected and neither were all non-Amisom forces being withdrawn.</div></article>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498871808792265855.post-80921547477729124992016-10-24T03:24:00.001-07:002016-10-24T03:24:15.948-07:00Shabaab 'takes Somali town' after Ethiopia troop pullout | Daily Mail Online<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Fighters from the Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab group said Sunday they had retaken control of a town in central Somalia after hundreds of Ethiopian troops serving with the African Union's AMISOM force withdrew.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It was the third time this month that the Islamist group moved into a town in the region after the departure of Ethiopian forces.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Al-Shabaab said on the smartphone app Telegram that their fighters had "stormed the town (of Halgan) soon after the enemy pulled out" on Sunday.</span></div><div class="clear" style="background-color: white; border: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px auto 4px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; width: 636px;"><div class="image-wrap fff-pic" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="Somali security forces guard the site of a suicide blast in Mogadishu in August 2016" class="blkBorder img-share b-loaded" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/10/23/article-doc-he975-2gihi0KOLIc307aca5ae332f5320-724_634x421.jpg" height="421" id="i-4dbaffb992397005" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /><br /><br />
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We are getting (reports) that they have destroyed their bases and trenches around the town before heading for Beledweyne," said Mohamed Nur Adan, a security official in Beledweyne.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">"The Ethiopian soldiers vacated their bases this morning, we saw them heading towards Beledweyne. There were tanks and big trucks in their convoy," witness Osman Adan told AFP by phone.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Halgan, situated about 70 kilometres (40 miles) from Beledweyne, came under assault from the Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab in June.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The Islamists then attacked the Ethiopian army base with a suicide car bomber and gunmen. Scores were reported killed on both sides, however casualty numbers are impossible to verify.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The fall of Halgan is likely to increase pressure and attacks on AMISOM forces in Buloburde, which is the second largest town in the central Hiran region.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Earlier this month hundreds of Ethiopian troops pulled out of El-Ali -- also in the Hiran region -- after also withdrawing from nearby Moqokori.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Shabaab forces moved back in to both towns after the Ethiopians left.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">No explanation has been given by the Ethiopian military or AMISOM.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The Shabaab was forced out of the capital, Mogadishu, five years ago but continues to carry out regular attacks on military, government and civilian targets in its battle to overthrow the internationally-backed administration.</span></div><div class="clear" style="background-color: white; border: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px auto 4px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; width: 636px;"><div class="image-wrap fff-pic" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="Somali security forces patrol the scene of a suicide car bomb blast in Mogadishu in August 2016" class="blkBorder img-share b-loaded" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/10/23/article-doc-he975-1geK3Fu8k0d0b7963ac4285324fe-256_634x383.jpg" height="383" id="i-a66a1baf3da77cdb" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /><br /><br />
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It is a model the United States now employs across the Middle East and North Africa—from Syria to Libya—despite the President’s stated aversion to “boots on the ground” in the world’s war zones.”</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.36em; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">The revelation, coming just days after government officials informed the public that the US had launched missile strikes in Yemen, demonstrates that the Obama administration has dragged the American people into yet another war without even a semblance of public debate.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.36em; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">The Somalia operations come on top of large-scale military interventions in Afghanistan, where US military forces have been waging war since 2001; Syria, where Washington is backing Islamist extremists to overthrow the Russian-backed Assad regime; and Libya, where US Special Forces have been deployed and air strikes have been carried out since August under the pretext of targeting the Islamic State.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.36em; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">In total, the <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Times</em> notes that the US military has carried out air strikes in seven countries this year and special forces operations in “many more.”</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.36em; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">The US is waging war in Somalia in support of the shaky Transitional Federal Government (TFG), which barely controls territory outside of the capital, Mogadishu. The regime was only able to establish itself following a brutal US-backed invasion by neighboring Ethiopia and thanks to ongoing support from African Union (AU) soldiers.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.36em; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">Between 200 and 300 US Special Forces under the control of Africom (African Command) collaborate regularly with Somali National Army units and soldiers from Ethiopia, Uganda, Djibouti and Kenya to plan and conduct ground operations against al-Shabaab.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.36em; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">According to Obama’s semi-annual briefing to Congress on foreign military operations, the US forces are not only present to target al-Shabaab, which is aligned with al-Qaida, but also to provide “advise and assist” support to regional counter-terrorism efforts. This has been one of the favored formulations to justify the deployment of US soldiers to war zones around the world, such as in Iraq, where the alleged advisers frequently operate on the front line in fighting against ISIS.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.36em; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">Africom has repeatedly dismissed reports that its frequent air strikes, including at least 13 this year, have led to civilian casualties. In one of the most recent incidents Africom denied claims by officials in the autonomous region of Galmudug that a US drone strike killed 22 local soldiers and civilians last month in the city of Galkayo.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.36em; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">Even strikes authorized to support offensive operations launched by Somali forces in conjunction with US soldiers are routinely labelled as “self-defense” actions.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.36em; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">Significantly, the US forces are not only fighting but also engage in joint interrogation sessions with Somali forces. Ominously recalling the methods employed in Afghanistan and Iraq, where US troops worked hand-in-glove with local authorities guilty of torture and abuse of prisoners, the <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Times</em>merely noted in passing that after such sessions, US forces hand over prisoners to be interned in Somali prisons.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.36em; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">The suggestion that the US war in Somalia is defensive is absurd. Control over the strategically-important country, which lies adjacent to some of the most important sea lanes in the world for the transportation of oil and other commodities, is seen as essential by the US ruling elite if Washington is to retain its global hegemonic position.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.36em; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">The <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Times’</em> attempt to cast the catastrophic conditions in Somalia, which has not had a functioning government for over two decades, as the result of the actions of the al-Shabaab Islamist militia is highly disingenuous. In truth, the US bears chief responsibility for the more than a quarter century of bitter fighting and endemic poverty that has gripped the strategically-located country in the Horn of Africa.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.36em; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">In 1991, Washington withdrew its longstanding support for the regime of Siad Barre, leading to its collapse. It then seized on a famine crisis to legitimize the deployment of 30,000 troops to the country in a bid to establish a US client regime. After the Battle of Mogadishu, in which 18 US soldiers were killed, President Clinton withdrew the troops.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.36em; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">But the US withdrawal did not mean it remained on the sidelines. In the wake of 9/11, the Bush administration established the first permanent US military base in Africa in neighboring Djibouti, from where air strikes and drone operations have been flown.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.36em; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">In 2006, the US played a key role in backing an Ethiopian invasion to topple the moderate Islamic Courts regime, which had ousted the US-backed TFG. The ensuing fighting killed tens of thousands, and the brutality of the Ethiopian occupiers fueled increased support for al-Shabaab. The invasion included more than a week-long shelling campaign against Mogadishu, which reduced large parts of the capital to rubble and turned hundreds of thousands into refugees. US air strikes and naval bombardments were organized to back Ethiopia’s military operations.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.36em; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">After capturing Mogadishu and reinstating the TFG, the Ethiopian force was supplemented by troops from Uganda, Kenya, Djibouti and Burundi under the auspices of an African Union “peacekeeping” mission.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.36em; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">US “advisers” were in Somalia almost without interruption from 2006. It only came to light in 2014 that around 120 US soldiers had been operating there since 2007, first alongside the Ethiopian invasion and later as part of the AU mission.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.36em; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">US operations in Somalia are only part of a vastly expanding array of military deployments organized by Africom across the continent.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.36em; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">In an annual briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee, it was noted earlier this year that in fiscal year 2015, Africom “conducted 75 joint operations, 12 major joint exercises, and 400 security cooperation activities.” As well as its permanent military base in Djibouti, the US military has drone bases in Uganda, Seychelles, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan and Niger.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.36em; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">The dramatic expansion of US military activity in Africa since Africom was established in 2007 reflects Washington’s determination to subjugate the resource-rich continent, consolidate its geostrategic and economic hegemony and block the emergence of its rivals in Africa, above all China but also the European imperialist powers, which are seeking to reestablish domination over their former colonial possessions.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.36em; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">The ever more aggressive character of the operations conducted by Africom was demonstrated earlier this year with the appointment of General Thomas Waldhauser as its new commander. The four-star Marine Corps general has led US operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.36em; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">During an appearance in front of the Armed Services Committee, Waldhauser vowed to expand the “war on terror” throughout Africa and stated he would request the authority to carry out targeted killings without presidential approval.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.36em; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">One area of major focus for Africom is the Sahel region south of the Sahara. US forces have been deployed to Cameroon and Niger, where they have been engaged in training the country’s armed forces using the pretext of combatting the terrorist group Boko Haram.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.36em; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">The Intercept reported two weeks ago based on secret documents obtained via a Freedom of Information request that the Obama administration is planning to spend an additional $100 million to establish a new drone base which will be capable of hosting MQ-9 Reaper drones, which are larger and considered more lethal than the notorious Predator drones used to rain death and destruction down on thousands throughout the Middle East and North Africa.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.36em; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">Just days before the <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Times</em> revealed the covert operations in Somalia, the US military newspaper <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Stars and Stripes</em> confirmed that a fleet of F16 fighters have been deployed in Djibouti since July in preparation for a possible “crisis response” mission in South Sudan.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.36em; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">The country, which gained its independence from Sudan in 2011 with Washington’s backing, has substantial energy resources and is crucial to the US strategy of preventing expanding Chinese influence. 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Ethiopian troops fighting militant Islamist group al-Shabab have withdrawn from a key military base in central Somalia's Hiran region, residents say.</div>
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Al-Shabab fighters have taken control of el-Ali village following the withdrawal, the residents added.</div>
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Ethiopian forces had destroyed the base before abandoning the area, a radio station run by al-Shabab said.</div>
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The troops withdrew after the base came under artillery fire, a Somali security official said.</div>
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Ethiopian has not commented on the withdrawal.</div>
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In recent weeks it had also withdrawn its forces from the nearby town of Moqokori, AFP news agency reports.</div>
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In June, al-Shabab, which is linked to al-Qaeda, said it had killed 60 Ethiopian soldiers in an attack on a base in Halgan town, also in central Somalia.</div>
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The withdrawal from el-Ali has made a large and strategic area vulnerable to occupation by the militants, reports the BBC's Ibrahim Aden from the capital, Mogadishu.</div>
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Some Ethiopian soldiers are in Somalia as part of a 22,000-strong African Union (AU) force while others are there as a result of a bilateral deal with the weak Somali government.</div>
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The Ethiopian soldiers in the AU mission are responsible for securing Bay, Bakool, and Gedo regions but are also present in Hiran, which borders Ethiopia.</div>
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Somali security official Abdirisak Moalim Ahmed confirmed to AFP news agency that al-Shabab had occupied el-Ali, and the Ethiopian troops had headed for the regional capital, Beledweyne, about 70km (43 miles) away.</div>
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Most traders had fled the village following its seizure by al-Shabab, resident Osman Adan told AFP.</div>
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Ethiopia has a long and porous border with Somalia, and has been anxious to stop the infiltration of Islamist militancy into its territory.</div>
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Earlier this week, a state of emergency was declared in Ethiopia itself to quell the worst unrest in the country since the government took power in 1991.</div>
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Opposition groups in Ethiopia are demanding more political and economic rights, accusing the government of being repressive.</div>
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The government has blamed the unrest on "terrorists", accusing them of trying to break up the East African state of more than 86 million people.</div>
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is currently visiting Ethiopia, where she called on the government to allow protests, Reuters news agency reports</div>
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<div class="story-body__introduction" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 28px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab says it has killed 60 Ethiopian soldiers in an attack on an African Union base in central Somalia.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 23px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The AU mission (Amisom) says it repulsed the attack, killing 110 militants.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Residents in Halgan told the BBC they had heard a huge bang followed by a heavy exchange of gunfire.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Amisom supports the government as it fights to regain control of the country from al-Shabab.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In a <a class="story-body__link-external" href="https://twitter.com/amisomsomalia/status/740811877341638656" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.298039); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">series of tweets</a> it has said its soldiers, alongside troops from the Somali army, "drove back the attackers who are now on the run with the joint forces in pursuit".</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ethiopia has denied that any of its soldiers were killed.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="story-body__link" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-africa-36452759" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.298039); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Africa Live: More on this and other news stories</a></div><br /><br />
<figure class="media-landscape no-caption full-width" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 24px -24.6406px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="image-and-copyright-container" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Map of Somalia - updated September 2015" class="responsive-image__img js-image-replace" data-highest-encountered-width="624" src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/15F6C/production/_87946998_somalia_control_624_v11--1.png" datasrc="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/15F6C/production/_87946998_somalia_control_624_v11--1.png" height="374" style="-webkit-user-select: none; border: 0px; color: inherit; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.5s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline; width: 616.203px;" width="624" /></span></figure><br /><br />
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It is not possible to verify the various claims about how many people were killed.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Somali Security Minister Abdirizak Mohamed Ahmed told state-owned Radio Muqdisho that officials had counted the bodies of 240 militants outside the base.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">He said that nine Amisom soldiers had lost their lives.</div><div style="border: 0px; 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padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">21 April: Six Ethiopian troops killed in blast in Bay Region</li>
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line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__title" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="cta" style="border: 0px; color: #686868; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">New questions for African force in Somalia</span></div><div class="unit__meta" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="date date--v1" data-datetime="9 February 2016" data-seconds="1454976664" style="border: 0px; 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font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="group__header" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><ul class="group__body" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li class="unit unit--regular" style="border: 0px; clear: left; color: inherit; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 322.656px;"><a class="unit__link-wrapper" href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-22431182" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.298039); border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 16px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__body" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; display: table-cell; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__header" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__title" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="icon-new icon-new--video-square-red" style="background: url("about:blank") -8px -285px no-repeat; border: 0px; color: inherit; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 16px; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 16px;"><span class="off-screen" style="border: 0px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 1px; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1px;">Video</span></span> <span class="cta" style="border: 0px; color: #686868; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Somalia 'moving in the right direction'</span></div><div class="unit__meta" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="date date--v1" data-datetime="7 May 2013" data-seconds="1367915629" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">7 May 2013</div></div></div></div></a></li>
<li class="unit unit--regular" style="border: 0px; clear: none; color: inherit; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 322.656px;"><a class="unit__link-wrapper" href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-22439819" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.298039); border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 16px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__body" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; display: table-cell; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__header" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__title" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="icon-new icon-new--video-square-red" style="background: url("about:blank") -8px -285px no-repeat; border: 0px; color: inherit; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 16px; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 16px;"><span class="off-screen" style="border: 0px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 1px; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1px;">Video</span></span> <span class="cta" style="border: 0px; color: #686868; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Somalia: What you need to know</span></div><div class="unit__meta" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="date date--v1" data-datetime="7 May 2013" data-seconds="1367938700" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">7 May 2013</div></div></div></div></a></li>
<li class="unit unit--regular" style="border: 0px; clear: left; color: inherit; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 322.656px;"><a class="unit__link-wrapper" href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-22428547" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.298039); border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 16px 0px 0px; outline: -webkit-focus-ring-color auto 5px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__body" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; display: table-cell; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__header" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__title" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="icon-new icon-new--video-square-red" style="background: url("about:blank") -8px -285px no-repeat; border: 0px; color: inherit; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 16px; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 16px;"><span class="off-screen" style="border: 0px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 1px; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1px;">Video</span></span> <span class="cta" style="border: 0px; color: #1167a8; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The challenge of rebuilding Somalia</span></div><div class="unit__meta" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="date date--v1" data-datetime="6 May 2013" data-seconds="1367863038" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">6 May 2013</div></div></div></div></a></li>
<li class="unit unit--regular" style="border: 0px; clear: none; color: inherit; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 322.656px;"><a class="unit__link-wrapper" href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-22427833" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.298039); border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 16px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__body" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; display: table-cell; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__header" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__title" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="icon-new icon-new--video-square-red" style="background: url("about:blank") -8px -285px no-repeat; border: 0px; color: inherit; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 16px; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 16px;"><span class="off-screen" style="border: 0px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 1px; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1px;">Video</span></span> <span class="cta" style="border: 0px; color: #686868; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Singing for Somalia from the diaspora</span></div><div class="unit__meta" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="date date--v1" data-datetime="6 May 2013" data-seconds="1367859493" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">6 May 2013</div></div></div></div></a></li>
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border-top-style: solid; border-width: 8px 0px 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 24px 0px 0px; padding: 8px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="group__body" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="placeholder-hyperpuff" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="group" style="border-top-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="group__header" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><ul class="group__body" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li class="unit unit--regular" style="border: 0px; clear: left; color: inherit; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 322.656px;"><a class="unit__link-wrapper" href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-16603523" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.298039); border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 16px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__body" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; display: table-cell; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__header" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__title" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="cta" style="border: 0px; color: #686868; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The joys of investing in Somaliland</span></div><div class="unit__meta" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="date date--v1" data-datetime="24 January 2012" data-seconds="1327424622" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">24 January 2012</div></div></div></div></a></li>
<li class="unit unit--regular" style="border: 0px; clear: none; color: inherit; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 322.656px;"><a class="unit__link-wrapper" href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-12274879" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.298039); border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 16px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__body" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; display: table-cell; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__header" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__title" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="cta" style="border: 0px; color: #686868; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Memories of Mogadishu before the anarchy</span></div><div class="unit__meta" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="date date--v1" data-datetime="26 January 2011" data-seconds="1296036874" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">26 January 2011</div></div></div></div></a></li>
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font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 322.656px;"><a class="unit__link-wrapper" href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-19556383" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.298039); border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 16px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__body" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; display: table-cell; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__header" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__title" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="cta" style="border: 0px; color: #686868; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hassan Sheikh Mohamud: Somali president</span></div><div class="unit__meta" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="date date--v1" data-datetime="11 September 2012" data-seconds="1347372432" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">11 September 2012</div></div></div></div></a></li>
<li class="unit unit--regular" style="border: 0px; clear: none; color: inherit; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 322.656px;"><a class="unit__link-wrapper" href="http://www.bbc.com/news/10524929" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.298039); border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 16px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__body" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; display: table-cell; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__header" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__title" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="cta" style="border: 0px; color: #686868; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Q&A: Somalia's conflict</span></div><div class="unit__meta" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="date date--v1" data-datetime="4 October 2011" data-seconds="1317734577" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4 October 2011</div></div></div></div></a></li>
<li class="unit unit--regular" style="border: 0px; clear: left; color: inherit; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 322.656px;"><a class="unit__link-wrapper" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/mobile/world/africa/country_profiles/1072592.stm" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.298039); border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 16px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__body" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; display: table-cell; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__header" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__title" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="cta" style="border: 0px; color: #686868; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Country profile: Somalia</span></div><div class="unit__meta" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="date date--v1" data-datetime="20 July 2011" data-seconds="1311151650" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">20 July 2011</div></div></div></div></a></li>
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display: block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px -8px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 24px 0px 0px; pointer-events: none; position: relative; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="cta" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; cursor: default; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Battle to rebuild Somalia</span></a></h2></div><div class="group__body" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="placeholder-hyperpuff" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__title" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="cta" style="border: 0px; color: #686868; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">New questions for African force in Somalia</span></div><div class="unit__meta" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="date date--v1" data-datetime="9 February 2016" data-seconds="1454976664" style="border: 0px; 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<li class="unit unit--regular" style="border: 0px; clear: none; color: inherit; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 322.656px;"><a class="unit__link-wrapper" href="http://www.bbc.com/news/10524929" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.298039); border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 16px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__body" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; display: table-cell; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__header" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__title" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="cta" style="border: 0px; color: #686868; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Q&A: Somalia's conflict</span></div><div class="unit__meta" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="date date--v1" data-datetime="4 October 2011" data-seconds="1317734577" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4 October 2011</div></div></div></div></a></li>
<li class="unit unit--regular" style="border: 0px; clear: left; color: inherit; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 322.656px;"><a class="unit__link-wrapper" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/mobile/world/africa/country_profiles/1072592.stm" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.298039); border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 16px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__body" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; display: table-cell; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__header" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="unit__title" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="cta" style="border: 0px; color: #686868; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Country profile: Somalia</span></div><div class="unit__meta" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="date date--v1" data-datetime="20 July 2011" data-seconds="1311151650" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">20 July 2011</div></div></div></div></a></li>
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padding: 0px;">Both sides claim to have inflicted heavy casualties on their enemies during the battle at the base used by Ethiopian troops serving with the <a class="u-underline" data-component="in-body-link" data-link-name="in body link" href="http://amisom-au.org/" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.0625rem; color: #005689; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none !important; transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out;">African Union (AU)’s Amisom </a>force near the town of Halgan, 185 miles (300km) north-west of Mogadishu.</div><figure class="element element-interactive interactive" data-alt="Locator map" data-canonical-url="https://interactive.guim.co.uk/maps/embed/jun/2016-06-09T11:56:32.html" data-interactive="https://interactive.guim.co.uk/embed/iframe-wrapper/0.1/boot.js" style="margin: 1rem 0px 0.75rem; position: relative;"><iframe height="469" src="https://interactive.guim.co.uk/maps/embed/jun/2016-06-09T11:56:32.html" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; width: 620px;"></iframe></figure><div style="margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;">Al-Shabaab’s propaganda unit issued a statement claiming its fighters had stormed the base early in the morning after ramming a suicide car bomb into the entrance. It said the group had killed between 40 and 60 soldiers.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;">Residents said they heard a huge explosion at the base and a heavy exchange of gunfire shortly before dawn.</div><aside class="element element-rich-link element--thumbnail element-rich-link--upgraded" data-component="rich-link" data-link-name="rich-link-2 | 1" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0.3125rem 1.25rem 0.75rem -15rem; width: 13.75rem;"><div class="rich-link tone-news--item " style="background-color: #f6f6f6; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"><div class="rich-link__container" style="position: relative;"><div class="rich-link__image-container u-responsive-ratio" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392); overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 132px; position: relative; transition: background-color 0.25s ease; width: 220px;"><img itemprop="contentURL" src="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/dd37f509c629f8db362d903afc5be70f835e555f/0_25_1839_1103/1839.jpg?w=460&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=b5b8b6075ca8b897432f93b891cf1d49" style="border: 0px; height: 132px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 220px;" /></div><div class="rich-link__header" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Guardian Egyptian Web", "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.5rem; min-height: 2.25rem; padding: 0.25rem 0.3125rem 0.75rem;"><h1 class="rich-link__title" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a class="rich-link__link" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="background: transparent; color: inherit; cursor: pointer;">Gunmen kill at least 15 in attack on Mogadishu hotel</a></h1></div><div class="rich-link__read-more" style="padding-left: 0.3125rem;"><div class="rich-link__arrow" style="display: inline-block; height: 1.5rem; width: 1.5rem;"><svg height="24" viewbox="0 0 24 24" width="24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g fill-rule="evenodd" fill="none"><path class="rich-link__arrow-icon" d="m12 0c-6.627 0-12 5.373-12 12 0 6.627 5.373 12 12 12 6.627 0 12-5.373 12-12 0-6.627-5.373-12-12-12m.21 19l-.637-.668 4.888-6.326h-11.465v-1.01h11.465l-4.888-6.333.637-.668 6.79 7.158v.685l-6.79 7.157"></path></g></svg></div> <div class="rich-link__read-more-text" style="color: #005689; display: inline-block; font-family: "Guardian Egyptian Web", "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-size: 0.875rem; height: 1.875rem; line-height: 1.625rem; padding-left: 0.125rem; vertical-align: top;">Read more</div></div><a class="rich-link__link u-faux-block-link__overlay" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/01/al-shabaab-gunmen-attack-mogadishu-hotel-ambassador-somalia" style="background: transparent; bottom: 0px; cursor: pointer; left: 0px; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 200%; top: 0px; white-space: nowrap; z-index: 2;"></a></div></div></aside><div style="margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;">“Our fighters stormed the Halgan base of Amisom,” al-Shabaab’s military operations spokesman, Abdiasis Abu Musab, told Reuters. He also said 16 militants had been killed in the attack.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;">Lt Col Joe Kibet, an Amisom spokesman in Mogadishu, told the Guardian that the Ethiopian troops had successfully repelled the attack and, backed by local forces, had pursued their fleeing enemy.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;">“We ended the operation in the early afternoon. We killed quite a number of these people, upward of 120 and captured a lot of heavy weapons,” Kibet said.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;">No figure for Amisom casualties was immediately available, the spokesman said, but he dismissed al-Shabaab’s claims as “very exaggerated”.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;">Ahmed Soliman of the Chatham House thinktank in London said the attack in Halgan was part of a traditional offensive al-Shabaab launches every year during the holy month of Ramadan.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;">“This is part of the response we have seen over the last four years to al-Shabaab losing key towns and territory … It shows its ability to regroup in rural areas and strike into urban areas using a wide variety of tactics. It is very unlikely to be conclusively defeated by conventional military means,” he said.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;">Al-Shabaab is an offshoot of an earlier extremist organisation, the Islamic Courts Union. It succeeded in briefly controlling much of Mogadishu before <a class="u-underline" data-component="in-body-link" data-link-name="in body link" href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/aug/08/al-shabaab-mogadishu-somalia" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.0625rem; color: #005689; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none !important; transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out;">withdrawing from the city</a> in fierce fighting in 2011. It also lost control of the southern port city of Kismayo and has been unable to regain a foothold in Somalia’s towns since.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;">There has been a series of attacks in recent months that suggests a new offensive spirit, though not necessarily the capacity to take and hold terrain.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;">In January, al-Shabaab fighters overran a base manned by Kenyan Amisom troops in south-west Somalia. The extremists subsequently claimed to have killed 100 people and captured more. Kenyan authorities have refused to comment on any losses, which are believed to have been heavy.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;">Kibet said the new attack was evidence of al-Shabaab’s determination, but that it did not suggest any “increase in capacity”.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;">The 22,000 Amisom troops deployed in Somalia have been unable to strike a decisive blow against al-Shabaab. The force, which was set up in 2007 and draws troops from six African nations, has been hampered by a lack of air power, problems with liaison with the fledgling Somalia national army and deep factional rifts reflecting regional interests among participating nations.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;">Its units are scattered across much of the country and its supply lines are vulnerable to attack by highly mobile militant units. There have been reports too of corruption and racketeering. Earlier this week <a class="u-underline" data-component="in-body-link" data-link-name="in body link" href="http://amisom-au.org/2016/06/amisom-confirms-arrest-of-five-of-its-troops/" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.0625rem; color: #005689; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none !important; transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out;">five Amisom soldiers were arrested for selling military supplies.</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;">Al-Shabaab has also suffered recent setbacks. <a class="u-underline" data-component="in-body-link" data-link-name="in body link" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/01/al-shabaab-leaders-killed-airstrike-raid-somalia-abdullahi-haji-daud-mohamed-dulyadin" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.0625rem; color: #005689; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none !important; transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out;">A number of top commanders have been killed</a> in US drone and special forces attacks, and operations by Somalian troops. It has also been riven by a bitter dispute about strategy and allegiance, pitting its senior leadership against a faction of young fighters, many of foreign origin, who want the group to end its relationship with al-Qaida and affiliate itself with Islamic State instead.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;">One aim of the recent attacks on AU bases may be to acquire arms and ammunition. After the capture of the Kenyan base, al-Shabaab’s propaganda focused on its haul of weapons and equipment.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;">The group has also launched dozens of other attacks over the last six months, using a wide variety of tactics.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;"><a class="u-underline" data-component="in-body-link" data-link-name="in body link" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/01/al-shabaab-gunmen-attack-mogadishu-hotel-ambassador-somalia" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.0625rem; color: #005689; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none !important; transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out;">Last week 16 people were killed in Mogadishu in an assault on a hotel frequented by diplomats and members of the political elite. </a>In February at least nine people were killed when al-Shabaab fighters set off a car bomb at the gate of a park in the capital, and in January an attack on a beachfront restaurant killed at least 17 people.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;">There was also an attempt to bring down a passenger jet departing from Mogadishu airport.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;"><a class="u-underline" data-component="auto-linked-tag" data-link-name="auto-linked-tag" href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/al-shabaab" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.0625rem; color: #005689; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none !important; transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out;">Al-Shabaab</a> has also been behind deadly attacks in Kenya and Uganda. Both countries contribute troops to Amisom. The latest attack on Ethiopian forces is the first to target the nation and could presage a new wave of violence in the region.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;">Elections for a new government in Somalia are due to be held later this year.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498871808792265855.post-76220958576734118862016-06-10T07:45:00.001-07:002016-06-10T07:45:52.282-07:00Shabaab fighters raid Ethiopian base in Somalia | Daily Mail Online<h1 style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3em; font-weight: bolder; margin: 0px 0px 4px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"><br /></h1><div class="author-section byline-plain" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;">By <a class="author" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Afp" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">AFP</a></div><div class="byline-section" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="article-timestamp article-timestamp-published" style="font-size: 0.9em;"><span class="article-timestamp-label" style="font-weight: 700; text-transform: uppercase;">PUBLISHED:</span> 14:48 GMT, 9 June 2016 </span>| <span class="article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated" style="font-size: 0.9em;"><span class="article-timestamp-label" style="font-weight: 700; text-transform: uppercase;">UPDATED:</span> 14:48 GMT, 9 June 2016</span></div><div id="articleIconLinksContainer" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; height: 52px; margin: 10px 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 2px 0px 0px;"><ul style="float: left; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 8px; min-height: 1px; padding: 5px 0px;"><li class="share-facebook" style="background-image: url("http://i.mol.im/i/furniture/articles/spt_socialicons_40x40eachbttn8.png"); background-position: -707px -40px; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 40px; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; width: 115px;"></li>
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In a statement the African Union added that "hundreds" of Shabaab fighters were captured.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">- 'Huge blast' -</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Casualty figures from this type of attack in isolated parts of Somalia are impossible to verify independently. The Shabaab generally exaggerates, while AMISOM usually downplays losses.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Residents in the area close to Halgan said the attack began when a vehicle driven by a suicide bomber exploded at the entrance to the base, after which shooting erupted between jihadist gunmen and Ethiopian soldiers.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">"There was a huge blast and then heavy exchange of gunfire started," said Osman Adan, a resident living nearby.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The Shabaab launched its first such "swarming" style of attack a year ago and has since overrun forward operating bases manned by Burundian troops in Lego in June, Ugandan troops in Janale in September and Kenyan troops in El Adde in January.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">While the countries contributing soldiers to the peacekeeping effort refuse to confirm casualty numbers, it is believed that scores of AMISOM soldiers were killed in each attack.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">In the El Adde raid alone more than 140 Kenyan soldiers are believed to have been killed, although the Kenyan government has refused to confirm any numbers.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">This is the first such raid on an Ethiopian outpost in Somalia but appears to have been less effective with local officials saying the base and town quickly returned to Ethiopian army and Somalia government control.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">"There was a major attack this morning at Halgan... but they were driven back and their bodies are everywhere," said local official Guhad Abdi Warsame said.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The Shabaab was forced out of the capital, Mogadishu, five years ago but continues to carry out regular attacks on military, government and civilian targets in its battle to overthrow the internationally-backed administration.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The group typically intensifies attacks during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, but this year is considered critical, with the Shabaab eager to disrupt an expected change of government leadership due in the coming months.</span></div><div class="clear" style="background-color: white; border: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px auto 4px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; width: 636px;"><div class="image-wrap fff-pic" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="Ethiopia invaded Somalia in 2006 to push Shabaab rebels out of Mogadishu" class="blkBorder img-share" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/06/09/article-doc-bn8hr-5G91JgmOR5a81116bf3dc8812c92-996_634x810.jpg" height="810" id="i-7707a1005cc0de9a" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /><br /><br />
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<div class="singleArticleSlider-slide-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 718px;"></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="singleArticle-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 15px;"><div class="singleArticle-contents" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10.5px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">JIJIGA, Ethiopia</strong>-Interim Galmudug Administration (IGA) President Abdikarin Hussein Guledon Saturday arrived in the capital of Somali regional State of Ethiopia, Jijiga for key talks regarding a joint solution to recent hostility in border areas, Garowe Online reports. </div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10.5px;">Somali Regional State President Abdi Mohamud Omar and visiting Jubaland Leader Ahmed Mohamed Islam (Madobe) welcomed Guled to Jigjiga. </div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10.5px;">At least ten people were killed after Liyuu Police paramilitary units clashed with armed pastoralists in Daadheer vicinity last month. </div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10.5px;">Ethiopian Somali Regional State blamed militiamen with links to Al Shabaab for the responsibility, allegations rejected by Galmudug Information Minister Tar Dhuled. </div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10.5px;">Jubaland President Madobe is said to be mediating in the dispute between Galmudug and Ethiopian authorities in Jijiga. </div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10.5px;">Omar overnight hosted dinner for Somalia delegation that also included Federal Government of Somalia’s (FGS) Minister for Information Mohamed Jama Mursal, who praised the region for the massive progress it registered over years in various fronts. </div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10.5px;">Speaking in Jijiga, Galmudug leader said, he hopes to reach a deal with Ethiopian Somali officials over the deadly incident during the visit. On his side, Ethiopian Somali Regional State President reiterated that they are ready to battle Al Shabaab militants whom he called “thugs” fighting for power in the name of the religion. </div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10.5px;">Ethiopian troops were officially integrated into African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in January, 2014 as part of ongoing stabilization operations in central and southern Somalia.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10.5px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">GAROWEONLINE</strong></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498871808792265855.post-63724056720672753772016-01-21T01:20:00.001-08:002016-01-21T01:20:03.821-08:00Kenya Rattled as Shabab Turns Sights on Somalia Military Targets - The New York Times<br /><br />
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In recent years, the Shabab have lost much of their territory, reduced to small bands of famished fighters creeping around<a class="meta-loc" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/somalia/index.html?inline=nyt-geo" style="color: #326891;" title="More news and information about Somalia.">Somalia</a>’s rural areas and attacking soft targets in Kenya, including a university and a mall.</div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="479" data-total-count="2123" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.4375rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 135px; max-width: 540px; width: 532px;">Now, it seems, they are training their sights on the hardest targets out there — military bases. In the past months, Shabab fighters have staged assaults against Ethiopian, Ugandan and Burundian troops, all members of a relatively loosely organized <a class="meta-org" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/a/african_union/index.html?inline=nyt-org" style="color: #326891;" title="More articles about African Union">African Union</a> peacekeeping mission in Somalia. They have killed scores of soldiers and stolen their arsenals. Their propaganda videos show alarming amounts of guns, vehicles and overflowing buckets of bullets now in their hands.</div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="161" data-total-count="2284" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.4375rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 135px; max-width: 540px; width: 532px;">“This is going to end no time soon,” said <a href="http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/people/staff_index/anderson/" style="color: #326891;" title="David Anderson profile page">David M. 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<div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="605" data-total-count="4066" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.4375rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 135px; max-width: 540px; width: 532px;">The Kenyan public is steadily losing its appetite for the Somali military operation. Kenya sent troops across the border in 2011, saying it needed to create a buffer zone to protect tourism and other aspects of the economy. It did not quite work out that way. The Kenyan Army’s incursion simply brought the Shabab deeper into Kenya, setting off a string of increasingly devastating suicide missions that have killed hundreds of civilians and hurt the economy, especially the tourism industry. Kenyan soldiers have also been <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/13/world/africa/report-ties-kenyan-army-to-militants-smuggling.html" style="color: #326891;" title="Times article">accused of smuggling</a> sugar, as well as other illegal activities inside Somalia.</div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="364" data-total-count="4430" id="story-continues-7" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.4375rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 135px; max-width: 540px; width: 532px;">Kenya has fought skirmishes with Somali bandits along its borders for years, but it has never lost a hundred soldiers in one battle, officials and analysts say. In past months, opposition politicians urged the government to rethink its Somalia strategy. Now even members of the governing coalition, like Mr. Hassan, are beginning to call for an orderly withdrawal.</div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="103" data-total-count="4533" id="story-continues-8" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.4375rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 135px; max-width: 540px; width: 532px;">“We should spend another year or two training as many Somalis as we can and then get out,” he said.</div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="214" data-total-count="4747" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.4375rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 135px; max-width: 540px; width: 532px;">Boniface Mwangi, one of Kenya’s leading artist-activists, said he was extremely frustrated that the government has refused to disclose any casualty figures. “Why is the government hiding the truth?” he asked.</div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="236" data-total-count="4983" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.4375rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 135px; max-width: 540px; width: 532px;">Mr. Mwangi also criticized President Uhuru Kenyatta for attending political rallies in the Mombasa area this past week. “It’s a national shame that our president is busy politicking while the dead bodies are coming home,” he said.</div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="176" data-total-count="5159" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.4375rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 135px; max-width: 540px; width: 532px;">Mr. Kenyatta has summoned security chiefs, ordered airstrikes and delivered a <a href="http://www.president.go.ke/2016/01/19/statement-by-his-excellency-uhuru-kenyatta-c-g-h-president-of-the-republic-of-kenya-and-commander-in-chief-of-the-kenya-defence-forces/" style="color: #326891;" title="Kenyatta address">televised address</a>, saying on Tuesday, “We are well aware peace and security have their price.”</div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="399" data-total-count="5558" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.4375rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 135px; max-width: 540px; width: 532px;">According to several analysts, the Kenyans at the El-Adde base, located about 50 miles from the Kenyan border, were extremely vulnerable. They were in hostile territory, surrounded by members of a clan deeply opposed to Kenya’s military presence. Somali officials said the company of Kenyan soldiers, estimated to be about 150, had been there only two weeks, with few local sources of information.</div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="423" data-total-count="5981" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.4375rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 135px; max-width: 540px; width: 532px;">Several analysts said the Kenyans had ventured out of their comfort zone along the coast, where the bulk of Kenyan troops are based, pushing deeper into the Somali hinterland because Ethiopia was preparing its own offensive. Though the two nations are allies on paper, Kenya and Ethiopia often do not coordinate their military operations and they have backed different factions of Somalis in a covert contest for influence.</div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="265" data-total-count="6246" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.4375rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 135px; max-width: 540px; width: 532px;">There have been reports that small bands of Kenyan soldiers fled into the desert and survived the attack, but so far only four from the El-Adde base — all of them wounded — have made it back to Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. The rest are dead, missing or captured.</div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="214" data-total-count="6460" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.4375rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 135px; max-width: 540px; width: 532px;">“I have a wife and two children back home,” said one Kenyan prisoner of war in a recording that the Shabab released. “On 15 January, 2016, the camp was raided by the Al Shabab, whereby they overpowered us.”</div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-node-uid="1" data-para-count="86" data-total-count="6546" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.4375rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 135px; max-width: 540px; width: 532px;">Before the recording cut out, the soldier said: “Most of our friends were killed.”</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498871808792265855.post-40392558554024818912016-01-19T23:56:00.001-08:002016-01-19T23:57:29.834-08:00Kenyan soldiers attacked in Somalia arrive at Wilson Airport | The Star, Kenya<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="text-indent: 3em;">About 30 Kenyan soldiers have been rescued from El Adde, Somalia in a search, rescue and recovery operation that is ongoing.</span></div>
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Al Shabaab attacked an African Union base on Friday killing dozens of soldiers and capturing others who are reportedly being used as <a href="http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/01/17/al-shabaab-using-kdf-soldiers-as-human-shields-mwathethe_c1277829" style="background-color: transparent; color: #477dca; text-decoration: none; transition: color 150ms ease;">human shields</a>.</div>
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The 30 soldiers were airlifted to Wilson Airport in Nairobi on Monday.</div>
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"They are not injured, they are just traumatised," Defence Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo said at the airport.</div>
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Omamo said <a href="http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/01/17/bodies-of-kdf-soldiers-killed-in-somalia-expected-at-wilson-airport_c1277403" style="background-color: transparent; color: #477dca; text-decoration: none; transition: color 150ms ease;" target="_blank">the first batch of bodies</a> will be flown into the country in the evening.</div>
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She said on Sunday, when several injured soldiers arrived, that the Kenya Defence Forces set up counselling centres in Eldoret, Gilgil and at the Armed Forces Memorial Hospital in Nairobi.</div>
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<span style="text-indent: 3em;">Four injured Kenyan fighters were received at the airport while </span><span style="text-indent: 3em;">others were flown in via Moi Air Base</span><span style="text-indent: 3em;"> following the attack, whose number of casualties is yet to be released.</span></div>
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Omamo said details will be sent to families first while <span id="docs-internal-guid-b29e4d0b-5436-a287-0ba2-b039f13738d2">Chief Defence Forces Samson Mwathethesaid updates will be released as they become available.</span></div>
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Al Shabaab claimed on Sunday it had <a href="http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/01/17/kdf-silent-on-claims-soldiers-captured-in-somalia-attack_c1277708" style="background-color: transparent; color: #477dca; text-decoration: none; transition: color 150ms ease;">captured Kenyan soldiers</a> during the attack but did not say how many. <span style="text-indent: 3em;">The terror group also raised the number of slain soldiers from 63 to 100.</span></div>
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Two helicopters that airlifted the troops and their military hardware from Ethiopia touched down at the town’s airport as local officials received their lead commanders. The two sides discussed about a new military strategy aimed at routing Al-Shabab fighters from the areas still under their control, according to officials who attended the meetings.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail, the vice president of Jubbaland, a regional administration that controls the Jubba regions said that the troops were deployed in response to public wish to assist the administration to restore peace and stability into the region.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The region faces a deadly guerrilla war by Al-Shabab fighters that continue to launch attacks on AMISOM and local troops, preventing troops from advancing further into rebel-held territory.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Col. Tesfaye, the lead commander of the Ethiopian troops deployed in the town vowed his troops would ‘liberate’ Al-Shabab from the region in coordination with local forces and AU forces from Kenya and Burundi shoring up the local administration in the town.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The development comes after Somalia’s prime minster Omar Abdirashid vowed that his country would oust militants ‘all’ areas still under their control in 2016, a year Somalia has proposed to hold presidential elections.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Despite military pressure, Al-Shabab continues to launch deadly attacks including suicide bombings and assassinations in the country which is recovering from decades of war following the ouster of militant fighters from the Somali capital and surrounding regions.</div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498871808792265855.post-88332847498965114722015-10-02T00:43:00.001-07:002015-10-02T00:43:27.894-07:00Ethiopia's Guide to Keeping Al-Shabaab away<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KLm2G5_M-Bs" width="480"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498871808792265855.post-3426186400406632772015-08-20T01:32:00.001-07:002015-08-20T01:32:17.153-07:00Al Shabab uprooting local communities in Kenya<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uInzSnA9JvY" width="480"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0