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| Africa Horn | |
| Somali govt leaders vow to get Shaboobs | |
| 2014-01-23 | |
| MOGADISHU -- Federal Government of Somalia’s President and Prime Minister Wednesday vowed fresh offensives against Al Shabaab militants, Garowe Online reports. Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed tells that new plans with security at the forefront are ahead for his government a day after federal MPs approved the cabinet ministers in an overwhelming vote in Mogadishu. “My government faces a number of challenges including the security and we aim to remove Al Shabaab fighters from their strongholds,” said Mohamed. Meanwhile, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud noted that Al Shabaab represents a stumbling block to the basic services such as the education and health care in the areas remaining under their control.
Despite looming threats of instability, Mogadishu-based government leaders havenÂ’t specified a date for the forthcoming attacks on Al Shabaab bases. More than 20,000-strong African Union peacekeepers prop-up the Somali government forces as Al Shabaab is reeling from major setbacks. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |