[Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said] that Somalia “has become one of the few countries to have managed to reduce the threat of terrorism and it will get rid of the al-Shabaab tumor soon.” 

Over 20,000 troops are stationed in Somalia as part of the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) fighting the al-Qaeda affiliated al-Shabaab movement, which was created at the beginning of 2004.

The Somali president stressed on the importance of also fighting al-Shabaab’s ideas.

“The tools [to win] this war will come through encouraging education and opening scientific and intellectual centers to fight the terrorists’ ideas, as well as fighting against poverty, which indeed feeds the ideas of extremism,” he said.

“I think this can be accomplished by providing the required development for the country’s economy, which enables us to create job opportunities for the young people [in order] to dry up the sources of terrorism in our country,” he added.

Somali president: We will get rid of al-Shabaab tumor

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