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The workshop made several recommendations on planning and information management to enhance the agility of the joint forces ahead of the implementation of phase two of the Concept of Operations (CONOPS).

The Al-Qaeda-affiliated branch in Somalia is cited to exploit this crisis to win more members in the perceived strongholds by possibly making small interventions of food distributions to the destitute and vulnerable citizens.

'Self-defence strike' came days after Al Shabab killed five soldiers in the capital, Mogadishu

The troops have been undergoing training in Eritrea for the past three years.

The NISA Director will discuss the strengthening of relations, the exchange of information on Terrorism, and the fight against Al-Shabaab with Temesgen Tiruneh who invited him to Addis Ababa.

Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency [NISA] obtained information that led to the raid, per the ministry's statement. The army regained more than 50 villages in the past three months.

Al-Shabaab lost dozens of key villages in central Somalia to the army and local pro-government Militias.

 For his part, Coveney said that his country stands by the Somali people, and will take the crisis in the European Union to get full support, mainly humanitarian assistance to millions hit by the drought.

Speaking to the reporters in Mogadishu, the spokesman of the Ministry of Defense Gen. Abullahi Ali Anod said that the army conducted a mine search operation inside and outside the city last night.

Since finishing the training, the soldiers were held in the camps against their will as Eritrea’s dictator Isaias Afwerki reportedly demanded $50M from the Somali government.

The visit by Barre came following an invitation from Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed. It’s unclear if the agenda of the invitation comes at a time Somalia is at war with the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab.

But Mr. Abdishakur, the envoy, defended the government’s military operation, saying Al Shabab was contributing to the suffering by blowing up wells and extorting and taxing civilians.