updated Wed. February 14, 2024
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Newsy
January 11, 2018
Assassinations and attacks were weekly or sometimes daily events among rival groups and warlords. Somalia's neighbors, Ethiopia and Kenya, have repeatedly invaded and intervened in the name of creating peace and helping the transitional government, duly elected in 2003, gain a permanent foothold.
Lewiston Sun Journal
January 6, 2018
After the victory by the Somali people against the Ethiopian occupation in 2006-2009, the United Nations' mission was to support the moderate groups of the Islamic rebels in joining the warlords to create a transitional government of national unity. It also was to disarm most of the feuding factions' militias,Ãâà...
Daily Nation
December 26, 2017
The transitional government of Somalia has been progressively taking over Amisom's roles. PHOTO ... The first batch of 1,000 troops operating under the African Union Mission in Somalia have left Mogadishu but the country still faces challenges in transitioning from the multinational force to the local one.
The Cipher Brief
November 19, 2017
The multinational peacekeeping force known as AMISOM has been losing the momentum in its battle against al Shabaab in Somalia, as evidenced by the massive Oct. 14th truck bomb that killed ... I recall years ago when the Somali transitional government controlled only a few city blocks in Mogadishu.
Newsweek
November 14, 2017
The sanctions were linked to Eritrea's purported support for Al-Shabab—which included efforts to “destabilize or overthrow” the transitional government in Somalia at the time—and attempts to sow chaos in neighboring Djibouti. Eritrea and Djibouti share a heavily militarized border and dispute the status ofÃâà...
Forces Network
November 13, 2017
Along with Islamic extremism Somalia also became a byword for piracy. In 2012 alone hijackings cost the shipping industry seven billion dollars. Six years ago Al Shabaab was pushed out of Mogadishu and the international community stepped up efforts to support the country's Transitional Government.
Garowe Online
November 11, 2017
The Dubai-based SKA was the first foreign contractor to invest in the Mogadishu Airport following a contract with the former Transitional government led by Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed in 2010. These two foreign firms run luxury hotels and other businesses in the Airport which also houses to UN offices andÃâà...
Voice of America
October 3, 2017
The SNA has existed in one form or another since 2004, when the first transitional government since Somalia's 1990s civil war was created. ... Ahmed Moallim Fiqi, the former director of Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency, says the Turkish training base is Somalia's best opportunity to acquireÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
December 31, 1999
With the downfall of Derg, in 1991 and the establishment of a Transitional Government and later on the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, ... He also appreciated Ethiopia for its role in keeping peace in the region, especially in Somalia through AMISOM as well as the efforts in Sudan and SouthÃâà...
ReliefWeb
December 31, 1999
Furthermore, the Assembly COMMENDS the Transitional Government of National Unity (ToGNU) for formally accepting the Memorandum of ... ITS FULL SUPPORT to the FGS, as well as its determination to spare no efforts towards achieving lasting peace, security and reconciliation in Somalia.
