Ciidamada Midowga Afrika ee AMISOM ayaa barqanimadii maanta ka baxay Magaalada Marka ee Xarunta Gobolka Sh.Hoose, iyadoona halkaasi lagu arkayo Dagaal yahano ka tirsan Xarakada Al Shabaab.
Dagaal yahano hubeysan oo wata Gaadiidka Dagaalka islamarkaana ka mid ah Ururka Al Shabaab ayaa guha u galay Magaalada Marka oo qiyaas ahaan 109 Km dhanka koonfur galbeed kaga beegan Magaalada Muqdisho.
Dadka Degaanka qaarkood oo la hadlay Idaacadda Shabelle ee Magaalada Muqdisho ayaa sheegay in Ciidamada AMISOM oo watay dabaabaadka Dagaalka ay isaga hulaaleen Magaalada Marka.
Guddoomiyaha Gobolka Sh.Hoose, Ibraahin Aadan Cali Najax oo isna qadka Taleefonka ugu waramay Idaacadad Shabelle ayaa xaqiijiyay in Ciidamada AMISOM ay faarujiyeen Magaalada islamarkaana ay halkaasi gacanta ku dhigeen Al Shabaab.
Dib u qabshada Magaalada Marka ee Al Shabaab ayaa ka dambeysay kadib markii halkaasi Shalay ay isaga baxeen Booliska iyo Militariga Dowladda Soomaaliya.
Say walahi! inaalilah, imagine how the locals must be feeling right about now. They are fuked beyond salvation. Anyone who they know or suspect of supporting the SFG or either any of the African troops, is gonna get his throat cut, his family abused his land and kids taken. Although I doubt it was any better under the fufu contingencies and SNA mooriyan platoons!
Damn it And these are kinsmen. Ilahaw u sahal masakinta!
Gabre wrote:I have said it and history has proven it before many times, the only AMISOM country that can reliably take and hold territory in Somalia is Ethiopia.
AU expresses concern over impending Amisom pay cut
Amisom troops in Somalia. PHOTO | FILE
By KEVIN J KELLEY
Posted Friday, January 29 2016 at 12:45
IN SUMMARY
Amisom chief urged UN’s top decision-making body to seek other means of supporting Amisom, including through contributions by individual member-states.
The European Union covers the full cost of payments to Amisom soldiers through contributions it makes to the AU.
Amisom soldiers receive a monthly allowance of $828 after their respective governments deduct a $200 administrative cost per soldier.
The EU cut would leave about $165 a month less in each Amisom soldier’s pocket.
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The head of the African Union Mission in Somalia expressed “grave concern” on Thursday regarding the European Union’s recent 20 per cent cut in payments for Amisom troops.
The AU is “doing its utmost” to make up for the loss in pay that was scheduled to take effect at the start of this year, Amisom chief Francisco Caetano José Madeira told the United Nations Security Council.
He cautioned, however, that the AU’s efforts to sustain full compensation are occurring in the context of an economic downturn in many African countries due to global drops in commodity prices.
Speaking via video link from Addis Ababa, Mr Madeira urged the UN’s top decision-making body to seek other means of supporting Amisom, including through contributions by individual member-states.
Tete Antonio, the AU’s United Nations envoy, had warned the Security Council two months ago that the 20 per cent cut in pay to Amisom’s roughly 22,000 uniformed personnel would have a “serious adverse effect on their morale.”
The European Union covers the full cost of payments to Amisom soldiers through contributions it makes to the AU. The EU’s total yearly payments amount to about $200 million.
Amisom soldiers receive a monthly allowance of $828 after their respective governments deduct a $200 administrative cost per soldier.
The EU cut, which would leave about $165 a month less in each Amisom soldier’s pocket, comes at a time when the force has been suffering major losses at the hands of Al-Shabaab insurgents.
Undisclosed but large numbers of Kenyan, Ugandan and Burundian troops have been killed in Shabaab assaults on Amisom bases during the past seven months.
Mr Madeira acknowledged in his remarks to the Security Council on Thursday that the security situation in Somalia is “volatile.”
Shabaab is targeting Amisom’s “overstretched capacities” through a turn toward guerrilla-type tactics and use of improvised explosive devices, he said.
Amisom has a critical need for helicopters and other military equipment in its efforts to dislodge Shabaab from parts of Somalia that the militants continue to control, the AU official added.
The status of Amisom is among the topics expected to be discussed at this week’s AU summit in Addis Ababa.
Gabre wrote:I have said it and history has proven it before many times, the only AMISOM country that can reliably take and hold territory in Somalia is Ethiopia.
Absolute nonsense; where is Ethiopia in Sector 3?
All over, Ethiopia has been in Baydhabo for decades now.