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The Somali Armed Forces are the military forces of the Federal Republic of Somalia. [14] Headed by the president as commander-in-chief, they are constitutionally mandated to ensure the nation's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity. [15] In 1990 the Armed Forces were made up of the Army, Air Force, Air Defence Force, and Navy. [16]
The Somali National Army (Somali: Ciidanka Xooga Dalka Soomaaliyeed, lit. 'Somali Ground Forces') are the ground forces component of the Somali Armed Forces. Since Somali independence in 1960, the Army fought to expand and increase Somalia's sphere of influence throughout the Horn of Africa counter to Ethiopia's and Kenya's ambitions, because of this, Somalia had amassed large ground forces.
In 2024, Italy supplied Somalia with four Bell 412 utility helicopters, “marking the most significant delivery of military equipment since the lifting of the arms embargo imposed on Somalia“. The United Nations Support Office for Somalia has supported the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia to acquire three helicopters from Burundi.
The forces are inside the town now," said Ibrahim Sheikh Muhydin, Somalia's army chief, in a speech broadcast live on Facebook. "The capture of El Buur will completely stop the misery meted out by ...
The Jubaland crisis is an ongoing armed conflict in the autonomous Jubaland state of southern Somalia.It resulted from a constitutional dispute between Somali Federal Government led by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre versus Jubaland, following the re-election of Ahmed Madobe as the state's president for a third term.
Maalim Ayman, a senior leader of the Al-Shabaab militant group operating in Somalia and Kenya, was killed on December 17 by a joint military operation between the Somali and US forces, Somali ...
The President of Somalia is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the country. The Ministry of Defence provides policy framework and resources to the Armed Forces to discharge their responsibility in the context of the defence of the country. The Armed Forces (including Somali Army, Somali Air Force, and Somali Navy) under the Defence ...
Somalia's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Two Osa Missile Boats belonging to the Somali Navy, during the 1983 US-Somali Operation Bright Star.. The military history of Somalia encompasses the major conventional wars, conflicts and skirmishes involving the historic empires, kingdoms and sultanates in the territory of present-day Somalia, through to modern times.