Somalia leader declares country war zone, replaces chiefs

  07 April 2017    Read: 1122
Somalia leader declares country war zone, replaces chiefs
Somalia’s new president has declared the country a war zone and replaced its military and intelligence chiefs while instructing the army to prepare a new offensive against Al-Shabab extremists.
The shakeup Thursday is an attempt to improve the worsening security situation as the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabab steps up its deadly bombings in the capital since President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed was elected in February.

The Somali-American president is giving extremists a 60-day amnesty to surrender. The changes are seen as an attempt by Mohamed to consolidate power in this long-chaotic horn of Africa nation. He has replaced the country’s police chief and Mogadishu’s mayor.

/AP/

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