Somalia replaces army chief amid Al Shabaab resurgence
Brigadier General Ibrahim Sheikh Muhydin, the new commander of the Somali National Army, nominated by the council of ministers and endorsed by Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud by signing a decree on June 19, 2023. PHOTO | OFFICE OF SOMALIA PRIME MINISTER
Somalia has fired its army chief, Maj-Gen Odowa Yusuf Rage, as the country faced a resurgence of Al Shabaab attacks, months after it had raised its tempo against the militants.
Rage, 44, who had trained in Uganda and Turkey, had been the youngest army chief named in modern Somalia, having been appointed by former President Mohamed Farmaajo in 2019.
