MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud convened an emergency assembly with navy high brass on Thursday, hours after militants captured the fifth city in only a week reversing positive factors made by authorities troops in a two-year-long offensive.
Mohamud recommended efforts by the military to struggle insurgents however instructed navy officers that they’d be held accountable for the frequent lack of hard-won positive factors, his workplace stated.
Al-Shabaab militants stated on Thursday that that they had captured the city of Xinlebi in Galgadud area, days after retaking the cities of Amara, Caad, Ba’adwayne and Masagawa within the central state of Galmudug.
Final 12 months, Mohamud vowed that his authorities would “liberate” Hirshabelle and Galmudug states from Al-Shabaab inside simply two weeks. In an interview with Al Jazeera, the President additionally promised that authorities will get rid of insurgents in three months. A 12 months on, an Al-Shabaab counter-offensive now appears to have put authorities troops on the again foot.
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