Tackling Insurgency: Somali, AU Forces Step Up Intelligence Sharing To Flush Out Terrorists - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 27, 2019
Somaliand African Union forces wrapped up a two-day conference in Mogadishu onWednesday aimed at enhancing intelligence sharing to help flush out terroristgroups in the Horn of African nation.
Inhis closing remarks, AMISOM’s Chief Military Intelligence Officer, DavidObonyo, urged stakeholders to forge closer working ties for efficientintelligence sharing mechanisms.
Heemphasised the importance of systematic sharing of intelligence in defeatingal-Shabab and other armed groups that have been terrorising Somalis.
Theconference, the fifth of its kind to be held in the country, discussed thedynamics in intelligence gathering and how it impacts on Somalia’s security.
Itbrought together AMISOM’s military intelligence officers from all sectors,representatives of the Somali National Security Forces and other keystakeholders.
NakibusLakara, AMISOM’s Deputy Force Commander in charge of operations and plans,noted that the presence of Islamic State in the Horn of Africa called forimprovement in intelligence gathering methods and heightened vigilance.