Sep. 18 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The president of Somalia, Hasan Sheikh Mohamud, has highlighted that the security forces have made progress in recent days in their fight against the terrorist group Al Shabaab after recent fighting in central areas of the African country.
“We are seeing a strong push against Al Shabaab and I want to keep it up to defeat a group that has shown no mercy and that, like the mafia, has achieved economic autonomy through the intimidation and murder of innocents,” he said.
During the day on Saturday, the Somali Army announced the death of more than 40 suspected members of Al Shabaab in an operation in Aborey, located 220 kilometers north of the capital, Mogadishu, according to the Somali news agency SONNA.
Sheikh Mohamud is in the United States, where on Thursday US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin conveyed Washington’s “commitment” to Somalia “in the fight against violent extremism”, mainly Al Shabaab.
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, approved in mid-May a request from the Department of Defense to send US troops back to Somalia to fight terrorist groups, thus reversing the order of his predecessor, Donald Trump, to leave that country. african in 2020.
Somalia is facing an increase in the number of attacks by the Islamist militia Al Shabaab, linked to the terrorist organization Al Qaeda, both in the capital and in other areas of the south of the country, which has led the president to promise a reinforcement of security operations to deal with the threat.
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