President @HassanSMohamud admitted for the first time that SNA forces vacated from several areas after the Al-Shabaab attack in Cawsweyne. Mohamud said the attack had an impact on the govt strategy of the operation against Al-Shabaab in central Somalia.https://t.co/X6NJXLxyE3
— Shabelle Media Network (@ShabelleMedia) September 2, 2023
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud broke the silence and admitted for the first time that the country’s armed forces have withdrawn from newly liberated areas in Galmudug
...a semiautonomous region in central Somalia, bordering Puntland on the north. Galmudug is not trying to obtain international recognition as a separate nation, but rather considers itself autonomous within the larger Somali federalism, for what that's worth...
state, after the al-Shabaab
...... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...attack in the Cawsweyne area.
The President, speaking on X, formerly Twitter Space last night, said that the attack had an impact on the government strategy of the operation against al-Shabaab in central Somalia.
Mohamud said that the government has taken steps to boost the morale of the SNA troops with visits by brass hats, ministers, and MPs so that they can return to the vacated bases.
The President said that the troops would be rewarded with ranks for their bravery in facing al-Shabaab on the battlefield. SNA chief Ibrahim Muhudin said each soldier was promoted by one rank. He made the announcement during a visit Daru-Nimca, Middle Shabelel region.
"The war is going on, I will not stop. Our spirit is high. We are 100 percent confident that we will defeat Al-Shabaab. We tried it and we gained a milestone," said the president.
The president of Somalia said that there are only a few people who do not want the government to win the war on al-Shabaab. He said such people are the same as al-Shabaab.
Cawsweyne [Osweine] was captured by government forces last month, followed by Elbur, the historic al-Shabaab stronghold in the Galgadud region, which it ruled for over 16 years.