sierra leone to command amisom sector5 by february

[sahal80]

Sierra Leone to Command AMISOM by February

Jan 16, 2014, 17:14
Sierra Leone will take up the leadership and command of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Sector 5 in Kismayo from the current Kenyan Commander on the ground.
 
This was according to Brigadier General David Baburam, Chief of Peace Support Operations of the African Standby Force who made this announcement during a consultative meeting convened by the African Union Commission for Chiefs of Defence Staff of Troops and Police Contributing Countries in Addis Ababa on AMISOM's operations on Sunday 12th January 2014.


Maj. Gen. David R. Hogg (center), commander U.S. Army Africa and Lt. Col. A.B. Conteh, AMISOM Battalion Commander, RSLAF, inspect Sierra Leone troops during a deployment ceremony.
 
The aim of the meeting was to specifically discuss important operational issues arising from the development of the revised AMISOM concept of operations.
 
The proposed change in the leadership of Sector 5 is in line with the sectorization and reconfiguration of the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia. The change is necessitated against the back drop of the transformation of Sector 5 into a multi-national force with a battalion of a Sierra Leonean contingent, a company of Kenyan and Burundians and a Reform Police Unit from Nigeria.
 
Brigadier General Baburam's statement came after Major General Samuel Omarr Williams, Chief of Defence Staff of the Sierra Leone Army, observed that since the latter would have the largest troops on the ground, it would be pivotal for Sierra Leone to take over the leadership and command of the Sector.
 
The Experts' Meeting for the 10th Meeting of African Chiefs of Defence Staff and Heads of Safety and Security and the 6th Ordinary Meeting of the Specialized Technical Committee on Defence, Safety and Security, which preceded the Troops and Police Contributing Countries meeting, was attended by the Assistant Chief of Defence Staff of the RSLAF in charge of Operations and Plans, Brigadier General Mamadi Keita.
 
Meanwhile, shortly after the Sierra Leonean contingent was deployed last year in Somalia, they captured two Al-Shabab fighters after the troops pursued them. One of the Al-Shabab captives is believed to be working for a Non-Governmental Organization and has been an arms dealer for the Islamist group. The captured fighters were handed over to the Somali National Army for further investigation.
 
Also in November last year, Sierra Leonean peacekeepers repelled an Al Shabaab attack in Kismayo. The troops were taking food supplies from Dhobley to Tabda when they were attacked by the Islamist fighters. Al Shabaab suffered heavy and serious casualties. During the attack the peacekeepers did not suffer any casualty nor sustain any injury. They delivered the food ration and returned safely to their base in Dhobley.  Sierra Leone joined AMISOM in 2013, becoming the first country outside East Africa to deploy its troops in Somalia. The Sierra Leone battalion constitutes AMISOM's sixth contingent after Uganda, Burundi, Djibouti, Kenya and Ethiopia.
 
This unprecedented success record is coming at a time when His Excellency President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has boosted the moral, confidence and respectability of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) after years of war and political instability. No President in Sierra Leone's history has ever increased the capability of the military in that country like President Koroma.

[Bermooda]

Culusow wa Somalia's political Napoleon. Wallahi the guy is a deadly strategist either him or the people behind him

[samatar133]

Horta, lixdii bilood ee la lahaa maamulka dekada iyo airportka Kismaayo ayaa lagu wareejinayaa DFS goormay ku eegyihiin?
and how the upcoming 6 region South West admin is gonna affect the Juba administration?

[Bermooda]

This coming February COINCIDENCE. Like i said deadly strategy. for more info read this article
http://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2013/Aug/4 ... ation.aspx

[sahal80]

Horta, lixdii bilood ee la lahaa maamulka dekada iyo airportka Kismaayo ayaa lagu wareejinayaa DFS goormay ku eegyihiin?
and how the upcoming 6 region South West admin is gonna affect the Juba administration?

Abit change in there, they are looking for a foreing company to manage the ports.

The govt doesn't recognise the 6 region initiative so it will not effect the juba administration.

[sahal80]

This coming February COINCIDENCE. Like i said deadly strategy. for more info read this article
http://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2013/Aug/4 ... ation.aspx

No. They have changed the plan, apparently the company will reconstruct the ports too but for the coincidence part is related with the kampala resolution.

[samatar133]

Horta, lixdii bilood ee la lahaa maamulka dekada iyo airportka Kismaayo ayaa lagu wareejinayaa DFS goormay ku eegyihiin?
and how the upcoming 6 region South West admin is gonna affect the Juba administration?

Abit change in there, they are looking for a foreing company to manage the ports.

The govt doesn't recognise the 6 region initiative so it will not effect the juba administration.

This is wise move, if implemented it will solve many problems for you. It will solve the problem of corruption and the problem of clans competing for the control of the merger port revenues. But it will also undermine the desire for federalism as the regions lose their control of ports.

[sahal80]

Horta, lixdii bilood ee la lahaa maamulka dekada iyo airportka Kismaayo ayaa lagu wareejinayaa DFS goormay ku eegyihiin?
and how the upcoming 6 region South West admin is gonna affect the Juba administration?

Abit change in there, they are looking for a foreing company to manage the ports.

The govt doesn't recognise the 6 region initiative so it will not effect the juba administration.

This is wise move, if implemented it will solve many problems for you. It will solve the problem of corruption and the problem of clans competing for the control of the merger port revenues. But it will also undermine the desire for federalism as the regions lose their control of ports.

you have some thing they call it in arabic "fawqiyah" always you will come up at the end with this "YOU" stuff; your corruption, clan conflicts bala bala

man there is a corruption in your airport too, millions of $ have been paid to your authority from the gulf states yet even the ethiopian plane is refusing to land in there, Emirates planes are on their way, they paid for your authority too.

forieng companies managing the southren ports will better the services,

as for federalism, i have read in kismayo news the reason halane was appointed as the finance minister was bc of the ports. he is from the same clan of ahmed madobe. means they are part of the govt.

next time dont come up with your fawqiya, stay independent.

[original dervish]

Take it from me, and I've been proved right in almost all of my pronouncements, there will be no change in Kismayo.
The article is pure rubbish.....there are only 850 Sierra Leone troops in Somalia, while there are over 5000 Kenyans.

[XimanJaale]

Take it from me, and I've been proved right in almost all of my pronouncements, there will be no change in Kismayo.
The article is pure rubbish.....there are only 850 Sierra Leone troops in Somalia, while there are over 5000 Kenyans.

It is so embarrassing that Somalis are competing on which Fufu nation backs them and the amount of them there are.

Have some dignity, you're the biggest hypocrite ever on this forum. You insult the government calling them dependent on Fufu whilst you're just boasting about 5000 Kenyans in Kismaayo. Clearly your aggression on the government is tribal agenda and not sincerity, because if it was sincerity you wouldn't be boasting about Kenyan troops.

Munafiq foqol munafiq.

[original dervish]

Get over your recent disappointments in Kismayo/Xamar.

[XimanJaale]

Unlike you I don't care about petty tribal gains. I care about Somalia as a whole najisyahoow. Dayuus

[original dervish]

So why have you been lobbying for your uncles night & day?
Your ina adeer was put on suicide watch after what happened to adeer Shirdoon.

[XimanJaale]

Lobbying? Supporting the government is lobbying? As usual you think everything is about qabil. Nacas aka retard.

[outlaw112]

So why have you been lobbying for your uncles night & day?
Your ina adeer was put on suicide watch after what happened to adeer Shirdoon.