• Latest
Somali President in Bujumbura, Visit to Focus on Burundi’s AMISOM Withdraw Plan

Somali President in Bujumbura, Visit to Focus on Burundi’s AMISOM Withdraw Plan

February 18, 2019
Raila Meets Museveni, Launches Juba Bridge with Kiir

Raila Meets Museveni, Launches Juba Bridge with Kiir

May 19, 2022
Islamic channel Salam TV Launches on GOtv  

Islamic channel Salam TV Launches on GOtv  

May 19, 2022
Vinci Coffee Deal: MPs Urge Govt to Consider Existing 47 Local Companies

Vinci Coffee Deal: MPs Urge Govt to Consider Existing 47 Local Companies

May 19, 2022
Big Brother Naija Returns for 7th Season

Big Brother Naija Returns for 7th Season

May 19, 2022
Beer Prices Won’t Change, says Nile Breweries

Besigye Unveils New Campaign to ‘Reawaken Citizens’

May 19, 2022
Energy Bills: Struggling Families Forced to ‘Seek Refuge in McDonald’s’ as West Spends on Ukraine

Energy Bills: Struggling Families Forced to ‘Seek Refuge in McDonald’s’ as West Spends on Ukraine

May 19, 2022
Beer Prices Won’t Change, says Nile Breweries

Beer Prices Won’t Change, says Nile Breweries

May 19, 2022
Sseninde: NRM Will Win Omoro by-election with Landslide, We’re Not Scared of Opposition

Sseninde: NRM Will Win Omoro by-election with Landslide, We’re Not Scared of Opposition

May 19, 2022
Remmy Bahati Catches Glimpse of Hillary Clinton, Wants to Follow in Pulitzer’s Footsteps

Remmy Bahati Catches Glimpse of Hillary Clinton, Wants to Follow in Pulitzer’s Footsteps

May 19, 2022
Drama as Police Block Besigye from Driving to Kampala City

Drama as Police Block Besigye from Driving to Kampala City

May 19, 2022
Museveni to Address Nation on Rising Commodity Prices on Sunday

Museveni to Address Nation on Rising Commodity Prices on Sunday

May 19, 2022
MPs Slash Taxes on Opaque Beer to Attract Manufacturers

MPs Slash Taxes on Opaque Beer to Attract Manufacturers

May 19, 2022
SoftPower News
Friday, May 20, 2022
  • News
  • Tourism & Travel
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
    • Fashion
  • Regional
    • Kenya
    • Rwanda
    • Tanzania
    • Burundi
    • South Sudan
    • DR Congo
  • Defence & Security
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • More
    • Agriculture
    • Africa
    • Columnists
    • Education
    • Health
      • COVID-19
    • International News
    • News in Pictures
    • OpEd
    • Pearl Of Africa
    • People
    • Politics
    • Special Reports
    • Women
No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Tourism & Travel
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
    • Fashion
  • Regional
    • Kenya
    • Rwanda
    • Tanzania
    • Burundi
    • South Sudan
    • DR Congo
  • Defence & Security
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • More
    • Agriculture
    • Africa
    • Columnists
    • Education
    • Health
      • COVID-19
    • International News
    • News in Pictures
    • OpEd
    • Pearl Of Africa
    • People
    • Politics
    • Special Reports
    • Women
No Result
View All Result
SoftPower News
No Result
View All Result

Somali President in Bujumbura, Visit to Focus on Burundi’s AMISOM Withdraw Plan

by Our Reporter
February 18, 2019
Somali President in Bujumbura, Visit to Focus on Burundi’s AMISOM Withdraw Plan

Somali President, Mohamed Farmajo (R) greets Burundi’s President, Pierre Nkurunziza on arrival in Bujumbura.

  • Facebook
  • Tweet
  • WhatsApp
  • Telegram
  • Email

BUJUMBURA – Somali President, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has arrived in Burundi’s capital Bujumbura for a working visit following the invitation by his East African Nation counterpart, President Pierre Nkurunziza.

Farmajo who is also accompanied by top government officials was received at Bujumbura International Airport by President Nkurunziza.

Burundi is one of the nations in Africa contributing thousands of troops to restore peace in the troubled nation, where fighters of Al-Shabaab jihadists have been blamed for scores of bloody attacks.

Government sources in Bujumbura told this news website the two leaders will discuss Burundi’s military withdraw plan as well as bilateral relations between Burundi and Somalia.

“Our cooperation with Somali government is good which explains the fact that Burundi has been able to risk her troops operate in troubled nation,” one of the senior advisers to the President said.

Farmajo’s visit, the first since he became President in 2017 comes as authorities in Bujumbura oppose the withdraw of the country’s troops from Somalia.

The African Union has requested Burundi to withdraw about 1,000 soldiers serving in African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) by February 28.

Early this month, Burundi army spokesperson Colonel Floribert Biyereke said the military would ask the government in Burundi to negotiate a proportionate number of troops to be withdrawn from each AU member country, rather than targeting only Burundian soldiers.

The East African country is the second biggest contributor to the 21 500-strong peacekeeping force with 5 400 soldiers, behind Uganda with 6 200. Other contributing countries include Djibouti, Kenya and Ethiopia.

The call for military withdraw is a move by African Union to gradually scale back its AMISOM force as Somalia’s armed forces gain military experience to manage the country.

Post Views: 1,302
  • Facebook
  • Tweet
  • WhatsApp
  • Telegram
  • Email
Tags: AmisomBujumburaBurundimilitaryMohamed Abdullahi FarmajoNewsPierre NkurunzizaSoft Power NewsSomaliawithdraw
Leave Comment

Recent Stories

Raila Meets Museveni, Launches Juba Bridge with Kiir

Islamic channel Salam TV Launches on GOtv  

Vinci Coffee Deal: MPs Urge Govt to Consider Existing 47 Local Companies

Big Brother Naija Returns for 7th Season

Besigye Unveils New Campaign to ‘Reawaken Citizens’

Energy Bills: Struggling Families Forced to ‘Seek Refuge in McDonald’s’ as West Spends on Ukraine

SoftPower News

SoftPower News is a subsidiary of SoftPower Communications LLC, a Ugandan digital media group. Keep posted of the latest from Uganda and East Africa.
Plot 4B Malcolm X, Kololo
P.O Box 1497, Kampala - Uganda
Tel: +256-392-001-701
Email: info@softpower.ug

This news site is licenced by Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)

ADVERTISEMENT
  • News
  • Tourism & Travel
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Regional
  • Defence & Security
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • More

© SoftPower News

No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Tourism & Travel
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
    • Fashion
  • Regional
    • Kenya
    • Rwanda
    • Tanzania
    • Burundi
    • South Sudan
    • DR Congo
  • Defence & Security
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • More
    • Agriculture
    • Africa
    • Columnists
    • Education
    • Health
      • COVID-19
    • International News
    • News in Pictures
    • OpEd
    • Pearl Of Africa
    • People
    • Politics
    • Special Reports
    • Women

© SoftPower News

error: Content is protected

Send this to a friend