The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mr. Mohamed Abdullah Mohamed - Farmajo - raised the national flag last night at an event held at the Presidential Palace to commemorate the 61st anniversary of the independence of the southern regions and the unity of the country on July 1, 1960, amid limited participation of citizens due to the procedures Tight security imposed on the presidential palace headquarters.
The outgoing Somali President, Mohamed Abdullah Farmajo, sent warm congratulations to the Somali people on this glorious day, which is repeated every year, and July 1 marks the occasion of the independence and unity of the Somali people who gained independence from Italian and British colonialism after a long struggle.
The Somali President praised the Somali citizens for their interaction from the historical event, their contribution to the activities of the National Independence Week, highlighting their patriotic feeling, and being proud of their country.
The five Somali federal states celebrated the occasion to commemorate the independence, at a time when all the leaders of the states are in Mogadishu, the capital, but they did not participate in the celebration, and the event was not organized at the headquarters of the municipality of Mogadishu, the capital, due to security conditions.
The custom was to commemorate the Independence Day at the headquarters of Banadir Region - Mogadishu - in the past years, but the current circumstances may have been different from the previous ones due to security reasons related to the presence of potential security threats.
In a message circulating on social media, the United Nations office sent to employees working in Mogadishu, the capital, and mentioned the presence of two car bombs in the city, and that the targeted areas are the headquarters of immigration and citizenship, passports, Al Maeda Hotel, Hawa Taco Hotel, Al Jazeera Hotel, the Ministry of Petroleum, the Ministry of Petroleum Foreign Affairs, Lido Resorts, Makkah Al-Mukarramah Road, Villa Somalia barriers, and the Somali National Intelligence and Security Service checkpoint
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