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Somali leaders gather in Mogadishu for the third National Consultative Council
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    Friday October 28, 2022


    Mogadishu (HOL) - Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud chaired a two-day National Consultative Council (NCC) meeting in Mogadishu on Thursday.

    It is the third NCC summit since Mohamud took office in mid-May 2022.

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    Prime Minister Hamze Abdi Barre, Deputy Prime Minister Salah Jama, mayor of Mogadishu Yusuf Hussein and the country's five regional state leaders attended the meeting.

    One of the main items on the agenda was federal-state level cooperation on the offensive against Al Shabaab and agreeing to a national security framework.

    Insiders say that the federal government recognizes it lacks a comprehensive strategy for combating al Shabab with the regional member states.

    President Mohamud and regional leaders briefed one another on the security and the drought situation in the states' regions.

    The NCC comes barely a day after Somalia's top generals met to discuss ongoing security operations.

    Government forces backed by local militia groups with the support of international partners liberated over 50 villages from al Shabab, killing over a thousand militants in the last three months in Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle region. 

    Security experts believe the federal government wants to capitalize on the momentum it has generated in recent months but would require more coordination and cooperation from regional leaders to flush out the militants. 

     





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