Africa: President Hassan Sheikh Attends AU Peace and Security Summit in Ethiopia – Somalia’s Voice for African Stability

Africa: President Hassan Sheikh Attends AU Peace and Security Summit in Ethiopia – Somalia’s Voice for African Stability

– Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, where he is attending a high-level summit of the African Union’s Peace and Security Council (PSC), a key body tasked with addressing conflicts across the continent. The summit, convened by the African Union (AU), focuses on the prolonged crisis in Libya,…

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Africa: President Hassan Sheikh Attends AU Peace and Security Summit in Ethiopia – Somalia’s Voice for African Stability

Africa: Op-Ed – Three Years of Somalia’s ‘Total War’: How Mogadishu’s Al-Shabaab Offensive Unraveled

Addis Abeba — In August 2022, President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud announced that his administration would launch a “total war” against the Al-Qaida-linked militant group Al-Shabaab. The declaration came in the aftermath of a deadly hotel siege in Mogadishu, which left at least 21 people dead and more than 100 wounded. In his address,…

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