The Somali president is working to get rid of the terrorism and asking for help

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has said that his country is seeing gains in the fight against the Somali-based al-Qaida-affiliated Islamist militant group al-Shabab following recent clashes in central Somalia between the Somali National Army supported by pro-government local clan militias and al-Shabab.


 “We see a strong momentum against al-Shabab and want to sustain it to defeat a group that has proven to be remorseless and  mafia, which has attained economic autonomy through intimidation and the murder of innocent people” Mohamud said.

 In a speech to the Somali diaspora community in the Washington area Friday he said his government is organizing a strong military front in the southern Jubaland state of Somalia. “There is ongoing preparation to liberate al-Shabab from middle-Juba region in southern Somalia.