Hmmm.....Somalia’s President, Hasan Sheikh Mohamud on Sunday made a revelation that Boko Haram fighters were trained in Somalia before returning to Nigeria.
He disclosed this in his speech at a security conference in Germany.
“Without a stable Somalia, the whole region of the Horn of Africa will remain unstable and by and large, the African continent. There are proofs and evidence that (for) some time Boko Haram has been trained in Somalia and they went back to Nigeria.
“The terrorists are so linked together, they are associated and so organised, (that) we the world we need to be so organised,” he was quoted by Reuters.
It was not, however, clear from his comments, if he believed al Shabaab was still training Boko Haram fighters, who have pledged allegiance to Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq.
Somalia’s al Shabaab, which has connections with al Qaeda and wants to overthrow the Somali government and impose a harsh version of Islamic law, claimed responsibility for a blast this month that punched a hole in the fuselage of a plane.
Somalia, suffering from heavy political crises, corruption and attacks by al Shabaab insurgents, has recently made limited progress towards creating a functioning political system.
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