...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age...
could be returning soon to the Horn of Africa nation; outgoing President Mohammed Abdullahi Farmajo has confirmed what could raise questions about the conduct and competency of the former leader.
Last year, Garowe Online first reported about soldiers training in Eritrea. Still, the government dismissed the claims, arguing that there were no soldiers training in the country, but would later admit that there were soldiers in Eritrea.
During the handing over ceremony in Mogadishu on Monday, former President Mohammed Abdullahi Farmajo admitted that at least 5000 soldiers would be returning to Somalia, ending speculations about their future and whereabouts.
Farmajo, who has been at the helm for five years, said the soldiers completed training in Eritrea last year but were delayed to avoid an impact on the political situation and elections. However,
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reports were that the soldiers were to assist Farmajo's re-election bid.
Reports by Garowe Online had established that Farmajo had planned to use the soldiers to instigate chaos in the country. Still, there was no sighting of them during the recently concluded elections. Farmajo lost elections last week.
At the event in Mogadishu, Farmajo confirmed that the file of the soldiers had been handed over to Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who is not a stranger in the country. Before his re-election, Sheikh Mohamud served as president from 2012-to 17.
In his speech, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said he would work on the return of Somali soldiers trained in Eritrea "as soon as possible" so that they could participate in the liberation of the country. The soldiers were first deployed to Eritrea in 2019, according to the reports.
Before they left Mogadishu, sources said, the soldiers were promised that they would serve in Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi..., but the plan was immediately changed. They were secretly airlifted to Eritrea by the National Intelligence Security Agency [NISA].
Fahad Yasin, the former NISA boss and advisor to Farmajo, has planned the move to train the soldiers in Eritrea. Last year, parents of the soldiers protested in Mogadishu, with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on the frontline pushing for their return.
A report by the United Nations
...an idea whose time has gone...
Special rapporteur to Eritrea confirmed that the Somali soldiers participated in the massacre in the Tigray region. However,
corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds...
Farmajo’s administration disputed the claims, insisting that the soldiers only train in the Horn of Africa nation.
The Tigray war has left thousands of people dead, and others displaced. The United Nations and other stakeholders accused the Æthiopian government and Eritrea soldiers of participating directly in the war. Eritrea had developed a close rapport with Farmajo and PM Abiy Ahmed of Æthiopia.