Hello im christine want to welcome to news africa its good to have your company alshabaab is anonymous attacked 2 Somali Military bases on wednesday morning the official number of casualties has not been released but say African Union troops helped repel the 2nd largest attack those troops were part of the African Union peacekeeping mission in somalia caught at his son for short theyve played a huge role and security in the country but they also believe and thats prompting fear is that their departure could boost. Its my time in mogadishu and i mean some troops are patrolling the capital. For over a decade the Multinational Peacekeeping force has been central to Somalia Security and the battle to contain a mighty enemy. Alshabaab. The Al Qaeda Affiliated islamist Extremist Group continues to wage a campaign of terror on the population and people are worried things could get worse. If im some lives we hope that we can that sort of bomb i will be fighting the bullets go. A lot of losing lives. The African Union mission in somalia has recorded numerous successes in the fight against al shabab in 2011 when the militants controlled large parts of somalia the peacekeeping force helped push them out of mogadishu and cause the militants to lose significant amounts of territory. But next year i mean some will be gone and the task of containing al shabaab will be transferred to the Somali National army some fear theyre not ready to go where the line. Locals are who the beginning is that the move. Was probably the most. The work in for them thank you for the compliment in the. 2 to 2 hour news arms of the. Many would agree because alshabaab is far from defeated. Over the last few years the extremists have repeatedly inflicted mass casualties in somalia this bombing attack in mogadishu killed almost 600 people. The militants are also expanding their reach outside somalia leaving many in the region worried about sums to punch. You in your ear feels. Good. To. Reduce the cost thats true. But the days of the African Union mission and somalia are numbered and countries including uganda have started withdrawing their troops. Those that are still there are shifting the focus to preparing somalia soldiers for battle so soon theyll have to fight israel enemy. My guess sitting is oh mama from the International Crisis group hes a Senior Analyst on somalia welcome to news africa enjoy assessment is the so mali National Army radio and capable to take on without the support of a your troops why i think right now would be a very difficult proposition because you have. Some our National Security sector is undergoing a lot of changes a lot of reports theres a lot of training going on and often by outside actors but if they were to have primary security responsibility today i dont think. Be a match for alshabaab which has been there for for over a decade at this point and theres still a very significant correct and so i think that speaks to the issues involved in this drawdown and issues not just building up the smallest Security Forces themselves but in resolving some of the political underlying issues right also impede security and that really brings me to my next question because as we understand a lot of resources a lot of money really has been thrown into the fight against al shabaab you say which still poses a significant threats to somalia just give us a sense of why that is the case and just how much of the traits do they pose to somalia. Well as shabab is a serious actor in terms of they control a good part portion of South Central somalia so their presence in small towns and villages they provide government areas where they are not present they have influence and that can be either just wrapped in supply blockade in towns that have been liberated from their control or even to areas of the capital where they still maintain some ability to even generate financing and pacs individuals so there are very significant presence still in South Central somalia i think you know its times its better to consider them not just a terrorist organization but a governing one as well. I mean in that country if you alluded to the political situation in the country that also allow that situation to flashy describe that for us well there are some serious tensions in the somalis building project which has not been resolved and currently were seeing those play out quite acutely between the Somali Federal government base in mogadishu and its federal Member States based more and the periphery of the country and so theyre not on the same page about a lot of key state building tasks and that really impacts their relationship to Work Together and so one area where we see this having a negative impact is also of course security in terms of continuing to focus on the walls for bob and working together and that goal how active is al shabaab outside somalia and im going to throw another one at you with that and that would be is it possible to defeat this group. Yes so the 1st question also is the reactive outside somalias borders i mean weve seen some major attacks in Nairobi Kenya and of course along northern kenya border with with somalia as well so they definitely have this sort of presence outside the country a lot of it still relates to their demands internally within somalia so for example they target the countries that it could be contributing troops so that you can your mission there and so really its a presence outside but are targeting very much for a given turn off internally to somalia as well in the 2nd question is it possible to defeat the group i think thats something that a lot of people are starting to ask these days and were really starting to wonder weve seen the military option go on about it decade weve seen whats happening with the politics you know i think you can and you can maybe degrade and contain author bob to a degree but defeating it is a whole different circumstance and weve already seen some the language shift around there and that might really call person new approaches all right thats almost lunch with the International Crisis group thank you now to another insurgency this one in west africa boko haram has been stepping up attacks in cameroon in recent weeks Officials Say the group has targeted a number of locations in the countrys north in the latest attack 3 people were killed when armed militants looted shops still grain and 6 by it still around 100 homes. Have village burnt to the crime and. Once home to over a 1000 residents is one of many villages targeted in a space of boko haram attacks earlier this week locals are in constant fear for their lives because of the militant violence. I should come all the time we dont sleep at home we sleep in the mountains. On play live were losing lives who sing brothers losing mothers every day were in mourning you see our houses are burned goats are burned property people. Cameroon know suffers at the hand of Jihadist Group boko haram who are killing both soldiers and civilians in the north. Communities have been rendered defenseless against the terrorist organization with homes shops and clinics burned to the ground. Because everything was burned the consulting room the pharmacy the head office and the treatment room. For me. Everything except for the hospital ward. Killed almost 300 people in cameroon in the last year alone. The corner virus has claimed more than 2000 lives around the world and numbers last 8 in the increasing in africa the just been one reported infection that is in egypt but the continent isnt immune to fear in south africa filth a virus has been feeling discrimination against citizens with chinese roots. Chinatown in johannesburg there are hundreds of chinese shops here but hardly any customers. Locals tell us that business is always slow after the Chinese New Year celebration but others fear that the coronavirus is to blame. Yeah im afraid so youre better able to believe but as you already what i heard you became you will die here somebody went to see those people because of that virus its late its lays there in the a. Z. Irwin pong is also afraid of the virus. His 4th generation family lives in johannesburg and hes detected another dangerous trend in recent weeks this coronavirus has awoken a lot of racism and indian people and it was quite hopeful for one of my kids 7 year old coming back to me the other day and the see that the kids were talking about the coronavirus and they said oh its because the Chinese People you eat dogs and cats and she was quite upset because she told them she doesnt eat dogs and cats and she said every good shes she sees herself as going 1st and then chinese and shes saying she doesnt so it is you see a lot of these type of comments a lot of violent comments saying ill wipe the Chinese People out good you know hope this virus gets all of them those type of things and like i said thats spreading faster to me than the actual virus itself. Is meanwhile south africas Airport Authority has increased health checks. Nevertheless vajrayana just prize or believes that further cases in africa are likely. Still there is no need to panic he says. We are very considerate of it but their disposal that because i can say that bush i believe it was good b. S. To be doing what we can and i do so for slow Food Movement 100 percent syphilis the b. O. O. B. Child on johannesburgs chinatown they dont want to get used to the new situation the community here hopes that the Global Health emergency will soon be under control. And thats what happened to me is advocating castle our stories on our website and facebook pages see you next time thats joining us. In the height of climate change. Conference to see. Whats in store for the most loose to come for the future. Costs for the major cities to get insight. Culture. Eco india. How can a countrys economy grow harmony its people violent. When there are due to look at the bigger picture. India a country that faces many challenges the centers people are striving to create a sustainable future. Clever projects from europe and. Eco india on d. W. M. 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