...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
believes recent actions by al-Shabaab
...... Somalia's version of the Taliban...Arabic for
students...
, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
to bomb innocent civilians are triggered by the fact they have lost grip of their traditional strongholds, following a crackdown instigated by the Somali National Army [SNA] and their allies.
While condemning Sunday's al-Shabaab attack in Villa Rays Hotel in Mogadishu, the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia [ATMIS] insisted the murderous Moslems are facing imminent defeat thus "reckless and cowardly" attacks targeting innocent civilians across the country.
The ATMIS team lauded the Somali National Army [SNA] for its spirited operation against the murderous Moslems across the country, which acknowledged support from the local militia who have equally played an indispensable role in neutralizing the Death Eaters.
"The barbaric attacks and sieges show that the snuffies have broken into the battlefields where the visiting Somali security forces continue to inflict heavy losses and recapture many areas that were previously occupied by the terrorists. have," said the Special Envoy of the Chairperson of the African Union Council and Head of ATMIS, Ambassador Mohammed al-Amin Seyf.
He added,: "These kinds of hostile attacks against innocent people once again underline the need for strong action against terrorism."
Ambassador Seyf praised the Somali security forces who fought hard to protect the lives of the people in the Villa Rays Hotel and sent his deepest condolences to the families of those who bit the dust. He wished the injured a speedy recovery.
Across the borders, Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh, whose country is part of the Troops Contributing Countries [TCC], also condemned the al-Shabaab attack at Villa Rays Hotel in Mogadishu, which left eight civilians and one security officer dead.
"We strongly condemn last night’s terrorist attack on the Villa Rose Hotel in Mogadishu," he said.
"This new outburst of violence is an abject reprehension of snuffies targeting innocent civilians, in the wake of bitter failures encountered on the ground, the continuation of combined offensives by armed and lively forces of the Somali sister nation."
Somalia has been battling al-Shabaab for the last four months in what Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre says has left over 500 murderous Moslems dead and several others injured.
This year alone, the United Nations
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reckons, the murderous Moslems have killed 613 people in Somalia thus the urge to fight and defeat the group.