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Africa Subsaharan

560 Repentant Boko Haram Militants Commence Training In Borno

2024-07-09

[AIT.LIVE] The 8th batch of the re-integration of low risk and minors of 560 repentant Boko Haram

... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
Militants have commenced training in Maiduguri, Borno State, North-East Nigeria.

The essence of the training is to prepare them for life after camp.

The re-integration training will be on between 6 and 9 months.

According to Brigadier General Abdullah Ishaq retired, who is the Borno State Special Adviser on Security Affairs, the trainees will be introduced to trades on different skills, before they are finally taken back to their respective communities.

He says they will be receiving lectures for 2 weeks from academicians, the police, the National Orientation Agency, religious leaders and other relevant sectors of the society.

They will also receive Starter packs at the end of the programme, before being returned to their communities who had screened them for the training.

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Africa Horn

Somalia: Civilians asked to leave Al-Shabaab strongholds ahead of assault

2023-08-16

Clearing the decks for action.

[Garowe] Civilians should start leaving al-Shabaab

...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
strongholds to avoid possible deaths and injuries ahead of planned operations against the group, the Somali National Army [SNA] has stated, adding that the murderous Moslems will be fought until they cede grounds across the country.

Defense Ministry Spokesman Brigadier General Abdullahi Ali Anod said air and ground operations are set to resume soon, adding that livestock and children should be kept away from battlefronts to avoid unnecessary deaths due to the nature of the attacks.

The Somali National Army has been training to face the murderous Moslems in Black Lion Mission particularly in Jubaland and Southwest states. Already, the military is combing central regions after a successful first phase of operations which left close to 3000 murderous Moslems dead.

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Africa Horn

Army commanders tour central Somalia ahead of Al-Shabaab operations

2023-08-13

[Garowe] High-ranking members of the Somali National Army [SNA] have visited various Forward Operating Bases [FOBs] in Central Somalia, with the military set to start the second phase of operations against al-Shabaab

...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
, which have been wreaking havoc in the Horn of Africa nation.

On Friday, the senior military officers toured Galgaduud, a region that has been under persistent al-Shabaab raids, leading to several operations targeting the group. The Somali National Army is combing central Somalia before the second phase of operations against the group commences in Jubaland and Southwest states.

General Abdullahi Aden Hussein, the Deputy Commander of the Land Forces, the new Commander of the 21st Division of the National Army Abdi Salat Ali, and his immediate predecessor Hassan Jamici inspected army bases in Wisil and Bahdo and visited the region to assess the situation.

During the familiarization trip, the commanders confirmed that the combing mission will start in Elbur, Wabxo, Hiiraan West, and Galhareri before the troops move to Jubaland and Southwest states where the second phase of operations will commence.

Somali National Army has been collaborating with the international partners key among them the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Transition Mission in Somalia [ATMIS] and US Africa Command, who have been instrumental in combating the Death Eaters.

Military commanders tour bases in Galgadud ahead of offensive against Al-Shabaab https://t.co/HKXTftdUJ7
— Goobjoog News (@GoobjoogNews) August 12, 2023

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Africa Horn

Somalia army eliminates more Al-Shabaab militants in operation: 30+ today, 200+ in past week

2023-07-20

[Garowe] The Somali National Army [SNA] has intensified crackdowns against al-Shabaab

...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
hard boyz in central and southern regions, authorities confirmed, with the country striving to restore normality after decades of instability and chaos.

The information ministry said at least 30 al-Shabaab hard boyz were killed in the latest operations in Galgaduud, within Galmadug state, and subsequently weapons were seized by the national army which has been pursuing the bully boys.

The operation, Adala told the state media, was activated in El-Qurac along the border of Galgaduud and Middle Shabelle regions. The latest confrontation comes amid ongoing operations across the country with the assistance of the international community.

"Over 30 al-Shabaab faceless myrmidons eliminated in National Army’s planned operation in El-Qurac, bordering Galgudud and Middle Shabelle regions. Weapons and equipment seized, terrorist base destroyed. The ongoing pursuit of fighters," the ministry added.

The operation is one of the many conducted across the country with the Somali National Army [SNA] taking the lead. The national army is also getting support from international partners among them the US Africa Command and the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Transition Mission in Somalia [ATMIS].

Over 200 Al-shabaab militants killed in a week, Defense ministry official says

[GoobjoogNews] The Somali National Army has killed more than 200 al-shabaab turbans over the past week, Ministry of Defense spokesperson General Abdullahi Ali Aanood has said.

General Anood further said the national army backed by regional forces and its international partners killed 30 krazed killers, including two top al-shabaab turbans in an operation at El- qorac early Wednesday.

Addressing a presser in Mogadishu, the Spokesman said the operation against the turbans was carried out in several regions across the country including Galcad and Budbud areas of the Middle Shabelle region.

Operations have also been conducted in the Hobyo rural area of Mudug region and the forest under Welmarow village in Lower Juba.

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Africa Horn

Al-Shabaab's explosion kills four soldiers in Somalia

2023-05-24

[Garowe] Four members of the Somali National Army [SNA] were killed on Monday following a roadside explosion in Mogadishu, the Somalia capital, authorities confirmed, in an attack which comes at the time the country has heightened the fight against al-Shabaab

...... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa...
Death Eaters.

The explosion went off in Daynile District of Mogadishu, the Ministry of Defence confirmed. This is the first major explosion in the capital in as many months which has been relatively safe following the deployment of Uganda-trained soldiers who were dispatched to the capital recently.

Brigadier General Abdullahi Ali Anod, the ministry's spokesperson, said that the attack occurred at about 9 a.m. and that three soldiers and an officer with the construction unit had been killed. He affirmed that security is tight in Mogadishu despite the unfortunate explosion.

Somalia-based al-Shabaab hard boyz grabbed credit for the attack but did not reveal the immediate target. Since the government launched an offensive against al-Shabaab, the number of explosions through Improvised Explosive Devices [IEDs] has significantly reduced, he added.

"We are not saying the earth-shattering kabooms stopped, but we are saying they weakened," Anod said. He added that the government had been expecting a rise in attacks during the month of Ramadan, but that did not happen.

"The enemy is maimed, but they can still fire bullets," he said.

The US Africa Command confirmed on Monday that it had targeted Jilib town, the headquarters of al-Shabaab but did not give further details. This comes a few hours after the group released a video purportedly of their leader Abu Ubaidah, whose whereabouts remain unknown.

A joint report by the United Nations
...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships...
Assistance Mission in Somalia and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said 109 IED attacks from January 2020 to December 2021 killed 309 civilians and injured 556 others.

Somalia is set to start the second phase of operations against al-Shabaab in the coming weeks, with Mogadishu already asking for assistance from neighboring countries. Already, Kenya, Æthiopia, and Djibouti have pledged to initiate the fight against al-Shabaab with non-ATMIS troops as a show of solidarity with the country.

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Arabia

Prominent Security Official Assassinated in Taiz

2023-01-31

[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Unidentified button men assassinated on Monday a prominent security official in the city of Taiz, southwestern Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
, media sources reported.

The sources stated that unidentified button men shot Brigadier General Abdullah al-Qaisi, the former advisor to the Director of Taiz Security and an academic at Taiz University, while he was leaving his house at dawn today in al-Jamhouri neighborhood, abruptly ejecting him from the gene pool.

The reasons and motives for the liquidation, or the party responsible for it, are not yet known, according to the sources.

The liquidation comes in the context of the collapse of the security situation in the city, which is witnessing widespread liquidations, amid the escalation of conflicts between the Islah Party and the UAE-backed factions led by Tariq Saleh.

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Africa Horn

Al-Shabaab has brought dishonor to Somalia and Islam, says IIhan Omar

2022-12-29

[Garowe] Congresswoman Ilhan Omar
...Somali-American Dem representative from Minnesota. She was apparently married to her brother and may be her own grandmaw on her mother's side...
has once again lambasted the al-Shabaab

...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
bully boyz for bringing dishonor to Moslems and the people of Somalia given their cowardly attacks usually targeting innocent civilians and members of the security forces.

Ms. Omar, who has been touring the Horn of Africa, noted the progress made by the Somali National Army [SNA], the US Africa Command, and the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Transition Mission in Somalia [ATMIS] in the fight against al-Shabaab bad boys.

The Somali-born politician has already met President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre, and the cabinet. She has now embarked on the trip to Djibouti where she is set to meet a host of top government officials for engagement.

While noting the successes made against the bad boys, Ms. Omar also asked locals to collaborate with the government in defeating the group she accused of "dishonoring" Islam.

"Our country and our religion have been associated with terrorism [because] of the dishonor they brought on us," she said. "We have to get rid of them as Somalis and as Moslems and pray and support each other in that work."

With assistance from local militia, the government of Somalia has managed to flush out the bully boyz from strategic areas where they have been using to unleash attacks. Most of these towns are under full custody of Somalia security forces according to the government.

On Tuesday, it emerged that the bully boyz had now imposed restrictions on the largest telecommunication company Hormuud for unknown reasons. Brigadier General Abdullahi Ali Anod, the spokesperson of the Somali National Army confirmed the restrictions.

"We heard that we have received it," he said in an interview as reported by the Voice of America.

He said Hormuud has been repairing telecommunication centers, and masts and restoring services in newly recaptured territories. "They are on standby, wherever the army arrives," he said.

Al-Shabaab has been losing ground across the country due to multidisciplinary engagement which has been getting support across the world. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud insisted that most areas in Galmadug and HirShabelle states would be liberated by the end of this year.

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Africa Horn

Al-Shabaab accused of displacing civilians in Somalia

2022-12-18

[Garowe] al-Shabaab

...... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa...
gunnies are deliberately displacing civilians in the country, the Somali National Army [SNA] has said, noting that the al-Qaeda group is targeting villages which it is in full control as the military wrestles to liberate them.

According to the military, the strategy is devised in a way that villagers are prevented from collaborating with the government. Also, the gunnies are now kidnapping relatives of the local militia now helping the government forces to fight the group in different parts of the country.

So far, the military says, over 70 villages have been liberated from the group since the crackdown started in August this year. One of the most dramatic successes took over Adan Yabal town within Middle Shabelle which was considered a stronghold for the krazed killers.

Military officials said some of the residents fled when the fighting got closer, but others were ordered to leave prior to that by al-Shabaab.

"They took many families with them because they accused them of letting their sons join the Ma'awisley, and said that their boys had taken up arms against al-Shabaab," said Brigadier General Abdullahi Ali Anod, spokesperson for the Somali military. The Ma'awisley are the local forces fighting alongside the Somali government.

According to Anod, the gunnies are hell-bent to block locals from associating with the government which is mandated to provide basic services to the people of Somalia. "We are fighting over territory and over the people." He said the terror group is exercising a strategy that instructs their local commanders, "If you lose the territory, do not lose the people."

Last week, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud confirmed that the gunnies displaced many people who were living in Adan Yabal, with the group maintaining that over 10,000 were residents.

The group's shadow governor for the Middle Shabelle region, Yusuf Isse Kabakutukade, denied the group kidnapped the civilians. He said the president's remarks accusing al-Shabaab of kidnapping residents of Adan Yabaal were a "lie" and "surprising."

"No one can kidnap 10,000 humans," Kabakutukade told the group's radio station. "Even if 10,000 people were kidnapped and taken by force, I would say where in the Middle Shabelle region do you detain 10,000 people?"

He acknowledged that the residents had left the town but gave different reasons for that. "Some took up their arms, and they are in the forest with the mujahedeen, and some wanted to stay away from his [the president's] fitnah [trouble]," Kabakutukade said.

Al-Shabaab has lost most strongholds to the government troops with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud insisting that the crackdown would continue in the coming months until the gunnies are completely subdued. The government is also receiving backing from the US Africa Command and African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Transition Mission in Somalia [ATMIS].

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Africa Horn

Somali forces advance on main Al-Shabaab bastion

2022-12-04

[ShabelleMedia] Somali government forces along with local militias move closer to Aden Yabal which is the main base of the al-Shabaab

...... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa...
in the Middle Shabelle region.

The advance came after the allied forces captured key villages in the region for the past few weeks, in the latest blow to al-Shabaab in the ongoing fight.

Somali president Hassan Sheikh paid a visit to the troops on the frontlines in central regions to boost their morale in the struggle to win the decisive war.

There have been operations in parts of the Middle Shabelle, Hiraan, and Galgaduud regions to remove al-Shabaab from areas they have controlled for some time.

Since the war started three months ago, Somali PM Hamza Abdi Barre said over 600 turbans were killed and as many as 68 areas were liberated from al-Shabaab.

Somali troops retake fresh areas from Al-Shabaab – spokesman

[ShabelleMedia] The Somali government forces and the local people in cooperation have taken over several areas in the Middle Shabelle region from al-Shabaab

...... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all of which have enough problems without them...
on Saturday.

Gulane, Harka Dheere, and Daru Salaam fell into the hands of the Somali government and will join dozens of areas that were retaken by the allied troops in the past three months.

The front man of the Ministry of Defense, General Abdullahi Ali Anod, who spoke to the media said that the army is now advancing to the last district of the Middle Shabelle region that remains in the hands of al-Shabaab, which is Adan Yabal.

The forces of the Somali government and the locals are conducting operations against al-Shabaab in the Middle Shabelle region, one of their strongest areas.

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Africa Horn

Somalia troops make significant gains against Al-Shabaab

2022-11-11

[Garowe] Despite recent setbacks, the Somali National Army SNA] has made significant gains in battlefields across the country, with calls to completely dismember the al-Shabaab

...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
snuffies increasing from different quarters as the Horn of Africa nation fights for stability and development.

On Wednesday, SNA spokesperson Ali Anod revealed major victories by the national army with assistance from the local militia, the US Africa Command, and the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Transition Mission in Somalia [ATMIS] who have been supporting the operation to weed out al-Shabaab murderous Moslems.

In a press dispatch, the federal government of Somalia said SNA Force and local and international partner forces conducted two operations in Ceel Gorof [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...
] and in Basra within Southwest killing 50 and 47 al-Shabaab snuffies respectively. The figures have not been independently verified.

Should the verification be done, this brings the total number of snuffies who have died within a week to over 200, a perfect response to the recent attacks in downtown Mogadishu which left slightly over 100 people dead. The deadly twin explosions also injured over 350 people in the country.

During the press briefing, Somali military Spokesperson Brigadier General Abdullahi Ali Anod reported that in 24 hours, the government and local forces seized Wabxo town, and four small villages - Wara Xoolo, Wara Gibile, Wara Dhuumole, and Ceel Gorof, all locate in Galmudug State.

Seizing of strategic towns and villages has buoyed the operation against al-Shabaab, who have been pushed further to thickets and less dangerous areas where regrouping will be a major task. The federal government of Somalia insisted the ongoing operations are not about to end.

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has insisted that the government will not relent in the latest onslaught while asking friendly nations to chip in and assist local forces to dislodge the murderous Moslems. Since taking over in May, Hassan Sheikh has activated several operations around the country.

Al-Shabaab snuffies are said to be making close to $100 million annually with $24 million going directly to purchasing weapons. To further help in the fight, the US has slapped several senior al-Shabaab leaders with sanctions including those believed to be financiers of the group.

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Africa Horn

Somali troops take Wabho from Al-Shabaab peacefully

2022-11-10

[SHABELLEMEDIA] A front man for Somalia’s defense ministry has confirmed the capture of the strategic town of Wabho 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 from al-Shabaab

...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
General Abdullahi Anod told the media in Mogadishu the National Army and locals removed Wabho village in the Galgadud region from al-Shabaab’s hands after 15 years.

Anod said troops also liberated Warhole, Elbore, and Elgorof areas in the same province.

Somali troops are making success in the current operations against al-Shabaab in central regions, mainly in Hiran, where dozens of villages were recaptured since September.

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Two blasts kill over 20 in central Somalia

2022-10-20

[ShabelleMedia] At least 21 people were killed in two separate bombings in the central Hirshabelle state of Somalia, officials said.

A powerful boom-mobile went kaboom! in Jalalaqsi town when soldiers operating a security checkpoint intercepted a vehicle. The checkpoint is near local government buildings and a military base belonging to African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
peacekeepers from Djibouti.

"At around 2:30 p.m., a vehicle arrived at the checkpoint, one of the soldiers collecting taxation pointed a gun and stopped it," said Mire Hussein Siyad, deputy district commissioner of Jalalaqsi.

"When the gun was pointed at [it], the vehicle went kaboom!," Siyad told VOA Somali.

He said Wednesday’s explosion killed at least 15 people, including the town’s two civilian leaders, Mayor Adan Mohammed Isse and Mohammed Nur Agajof Dabaashe, the district commissioner. Dabaashe was recently replaced as Jalalaqsi commissioner, but he had not handed over responsibility yet, Siyad said.

Other victims included soldiers at the checkpoints and civilians including street vendors. The explosion destroyed a building near the checkpoint where the local officials were based. Siyad said two AU peacekeepers were maimed in the attack.

Siyad said the target was the town’s main bridge.

Meanwhile,
...back at the palazzo, Don Smilzo looked for an avenue of escape. The only window opened a hundred feet above the moat. The nearest of the hired assassins hold a bloody axe.
The window was looking better all the time....
six other people including four non-combatants were killed a separate explosion, when a three-wheeled cycle of violence with explosives attached, struck the Bulobarde town bridge. The important bridge links Somalia’s south and central regions. Pictures taken by the witnesses show the earth-shattering kaboom partially damaged the bridge.

The district commissioner of Bulobarde, Ahmed Mahad Nur, told VOA Somali that two men riding the cycle of violence drove it onto the bridge. He said one of the men jumped off before the earth-shattering kaboom while the second one detonated the explosive-laden cycle of violence and died in the blast.

Nur said the man who jumped was shot and killed by security forces. He said troops seized two other cycle of violences laden with explosives.

The officials said the two explosions were coordinated and intended to destroy the two bridges.

"They wanted to bring down the two bridges at the same time," Siyad said.

"It’s the most crucial bridge between the central and southern regions," said Nur.

Nur vowed the local government will rebuild the damaged bridge.

The al-Shabaab

...... the personification of Somali state failure...
bad boy group immediately grabbed credit for the two attacks.

Bulobarde and Jalalaqsi in the Hiran region (Hirshabelle state) have been the focal point of efforts to mobilize the local population against al-Shabaab.

Somali army spokesperson General Abdullahi Ali Anod on Tuesday reported that government forces and local fighters are completing preparations for new operations against al-Shabaab in Hirshabelle, and in Southwest, 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...
and Jubaland states. He said the operations could start within a "week or weeks."

Al-Shabaab has threatened clans mobilizing against them with violence.

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