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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 ...
In August 2024, the Somali government announced that in January 2025, the Egyptian Armed Forces would replace the Ethiopian troops deployed under ATMIS. [34] Egyptian officials stated that they would send weapons including armored vehicles, artillery, radars, and drones to Somalia as part of the defense deal. [35]
The Federal Government of Somalia maintains an embassy in Cairo. [14] The diplomatic mission was led by Ambassador Abdallah Hassan Mahmoud since 21 November 2015. [15] The Egyptian government has announced that it is slated to reopen its embassy in Mogadishu. [16] As of November 2014, Walid Ismail serves as Egypt's Ambassador to Somalia. [11]
Egypt, Eritrea and Somalia have formed a trilateral summit to boost cooperation and maintain territorial integrity, with the big elephant in the room being Ethiopia, as tensions over its ...
Al-Shabaab militants recapture Daaru-Nimca village in Middle Shabelle without resistance after Somali troops withdraw. [17] The federal government orders the expulsion of Ethiopian Ambassador Mesganu Arga and the closure of Ethiopia’s consulates in Somaliland and Puntland, citing Ethiopian interference in Somalia’s internal affairs. [18]
While analysts estimate Somalia's army at around 32,000 soldiers, the government acknowledged, in the assessment with the AU, a shortage of some 11,000 trained personnel due to "high operational ...
Currently, the relationship is extremely tense because of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam issue, and Egyptian troops and weapons have been stationed in Somalia, angering Ethiopia. Egypt, for its part, is angry about Ethiopia's unilateral fillings of the dam. Both countries have lodged complaints before the UN on this issue.