Somalia’s Liberated Areas: A Call for Internationally -Mobilized Stabilization Fund

[Deeq A.]

Over the last month or so, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (HSM) has been leading the fight against Al-Shabab from the frontlines as the first-round offensive against the terrorists is nearing its completion. With the second-round offensive that will shift the battle to the southern regions of Jubaland and South-West State now on the horizon, attention is turning to the stabilization of large swathes of liberated territories across the central regions. While the gallant Somali National Army (SNA) recently suffered reversible setbacks attributed to tactical errors that the President himself acknowledged, HSM’s resolve in his total war against the Al-Qaeda aligned terror group remains firm and unrelenting. Victory is within sight, and it won’t be long before the terrorists are totally annihilated and uprooted from Somali soil.

Source: Hiiraan Online