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Egypt's offer to contribute troops to a new peacekeeping mission to be launched next year in Somalia was announced in an African Union communique earlier this month. Cairo has not commented on the ...
MOGADISHU (Reuters) -An Egyptian warship has delivered a second major cache of weaponry to Somalia including anti-aircraft guns and artillery, port and military officials said on Monday, in a move ...
Egypt: Egypt has offered to send 10,000 troops to Somalia, [36] 5,000 for AUSSOM and another 5,000 that will work independently in Somalia's Hiiraan region bordering Ethiopia. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] In response to Ethiopia's attempts to establish a naval base and recognize Somaliland, Somalia has increasingly turned to Egypt.
The peacekeepers' withdrawal could make it more difficult to hold territory. While analysts estimate Somalia's army at around 32,000 soldiers, the government acknowledged, in the assessment with ...
According to Beyle, Egypt is a longstanding ally and current partner of the Somali government. [10] In November 2014, Beyle and President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met in Mogadishu with Egypt's new Ambassador to Somalia, Walid Ismail. The officials subsequently held a closed door meeting in which they discussed various ways to strengthen ...
This has prompted the Somalia government to turn to Egypt and Turkey for military defence. [81] [82] In April 2024, the Somali government expelled Ethiopia's ambassador for interference in internal affairs and recalled its envoy from Addis Ababa. [83] Somali government officials warned that Ethiopian troops must withdraw from Somalia by January ...
Egypt’s leader said Sunday his country stands shoulder to shoulder with Somalia in its dispute with landlocked Ethiopia, which struck a deal with Somaliland to obtain access to the sea and ...
15 July — Twelve people, including two soldiers, were killed in a fight in Shiilamadaw village near the Ethiopia–Somalia border 20 kilometers northwest of Abudwak District. The fight was between NISA soldiers from Galmudug and local militias over two truckloads of weapons illegally brought from Ethiopia. [21]