Authorities target bickering Al Shabaab with more sanctions
Bounty on militia head put up, joining last year’s $10m rewards for information on fellow Al Shabaab leaders.
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Bounty on militia head put up, joining last year’s $10m rewards for information on fellow Al Shabaab leaders.
News and Press Release in English on Somalia about Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding and Safety and Security; published on 15 Jun 2023 by UN SC
The war with Al-Shabaab’s Islamist insurgency has dragged on for fifteen years. As it reviews its options, Somalia’s new government should look into what room there might be for dialogue with the group. The alternative is more fighting with no end in sight.
Gulf states are reviewing their alliances while Farmajo seeks salvation in Addis Ababa and Al Shabaab suffers unexpected reverses, President Mohamed Abdullah Mohamed 'Farmajo' flew to Addis Ababa on 3 October to attend the swearing-in of Abiy Ahmed as prime minister for another five years, hoping that the Ethiopian leader could help him with his domestic problems, sources in Mogadishu told Africa Confidential.