{"id":33759,"date":"2017-04-07T12:59:16","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T12:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/al-shabab-dismisses-somali-president-war\/"},"modified":"2017-04-07T12:59:13","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T12:59:13","slug":"al-shabab-dismisses-somali-president-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/al-shabab-dismisses-somali-president-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Shabab dismisses Somali president war declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab has dismissed President Mohamed Abdullahi Faramajo&#8217;s declaration of war.}<\/p>\n<p>The response was carried on the Somali Memo website which is affiliated to the al-Qaeda-linked group.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, President Farmajo offered the militants an amnesty at the same time as declaring war on the group.<\/p>\n<p>The UN-backed government in Mogadishu has been fighting the militants for control of Somalia for nearly a decade.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Farmajo promised that fighters who gave themselves up within 60 days would get training, employment and education.<\/p>\n<p>The president&#8217;s statement was made &#8220;just to please the West&#8221;, an al-Shabab official is quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Farmajo announced the amnesty at a news conference in the capital, Mogadishu, dressed in full military fatigues.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to pardon the Somali youth who were misled by al-Shabab,&#8221; he said.<br \/>\nHe also announced a major shakeup in the drought-stricken country&#8217;s security services.<\/p>\n<p>Senior officers in Somalia&#8217;s intelligence service and police force have been replaced to prepare for the escalating war against the militants.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Farmajo named a new military commander, director of national security and intelligence, commander of police and a new head of prison forces.<\/p>\n<p>The new president was elected in February promising a &#8220;new beginning&#8221; for the country.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-19171 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/_95492289_mediaitem95492288.jpg\" alt=\"Al-Shabab says President Farmajo&#039;s, centre-left, threats to defeat them are not new\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Source:BBC <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab has dismissed President Mohamed Abdullahi Faramajo&#8217;s declaration of war.} The response was carried on the Somali Memo website which is affiliated to the al-Qaeda-linked group. On Thursday, President Farmajo offered the militants an amnesty at the same time as declaring war on the group. 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