Renewed hope: Rebuilding Somalia's national army BY HASSAN YUUSUF WAAL Source: Daily Sabah OCT 24, 2019 - 12:49 AM GMT+3 In the last couple of years, Somalia has witnessed many highly positive improvements in its politics, economy and military system Once among the strongest armies in Africa, the Somali National Army (SNA) dissolved when the civil war broke out in 1991, a specter that continues to haunt the Nation of Bards. But the flip side of the tragedy is that Somalia has reached a positive tipping point. After relentless efforts by the Federal Government of Somalia and its international partners to re-establish security in the country, the SNA finally began to take shape. Decade or so ago when the deployment of the African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in Somalia was authorized under the U.N. Security Council resolution 1744(2007)13. It was expected when the African Union mission in Somalia would eventually come to an end and an interim U.N. peacekeeping mission will ta
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