AMISOM Force Commander, Maj. Gen. Fred Mugisha

The African Union Mission for Somalia (AMISOM) Force Commander, Maj. Gen. Fred Mugisha has asked the world to support the Somalia people in order to bring peace and stability to the war torn country.
Speaking views day after an al Shabaab suicide bomber, went off near a government building in the center of the city in the K4 area near the Ministry of Education where students were sitting for a foreign scholarship examination.
The Army General said that the al Shabaab activity at terrorism and their deal will not take long, addind that the AMISOM force will do their best to protect the civilian citizens of Somalia.
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The African Union Mission for Somalia (AMISOM) Force Commander, Maj. Gen. Fred Mugisha
"It has not been easy for AMISOM and TFG forces, to operate in a place like this one. The biggest straight the terrorist are having is to be able to conduct under this buildings, that is why it has been taken for some time for AMISOM and TFG forces to push them out"
However, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) did condemn the killing of innocent Somali civilians by Al Qaeda-linked insurgents following a suicide attack on Tuesday in the capital, Mogadishu, which claimed over 65 people.
According to available information, a truck bomb loaded with drums of fuel exploded after the vehicle rammed a checkpoint outside a compound housing several ministries of Somalia's interim government, in the K4 area. Reportedly, the Ministry of Education was registering students for scholarships offered by the Turkish government at the time.
Mj. Gen Mugisa asked the international community to work had to help the besieged Government of Somalia.
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The African Union Mission for Somalia (AMISOM) Force Commander, Maj. Gen. Fred Mugisha
"The world should do a little beat more to change the situation in Somalia, for the Better, if do not defeete the extremist, and terrorist, the problem will imitate into a bigger one and it will require much more time much more money, much more effort to clear the masse , the early the better"
An armed al shabaab Kidnapped a French National Marie Dedieu, 66, early last Saturday from Manda Island in the Lamu archipelago, Kenyan south coast and fled by sea. It was the second kidnapping of a foreigner from the area in less than a month. Dedieu and her partner had returned from France earlier the same week.
The African Union Mission for Somalia (AMISOM) is planning to strengthen its troops in Somalia with additional of 3,000 more before this year but as per now there are 9000 troops in Mogadishu.
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