Former Somali Prime Minister: ‘US and its allies need to build a Somali army’

GRAND ISLAND, NY – A former Somali prime minster says the U-S needs to change its anti-terrorism approach in Africa. Among those changes is for western nations to help build an army in Somalia.

Mohamed Mohamed is a former prime minister of Somalia. He currently calls Grand Island home and has lived in Western New York off and on for much of the last 25- years.

The terror group Al-Shabaab is based in Somalia was was behind yesterday’s attack at Kenya’s Garissa University which left 147 dead.

Mohamed says, “What the U-S and its allies need to do is to build a (Somali) national army that’s capable to defend its government and for the people.”

If western nations train, supply and finance an effective fighting force in Somalia, Mohamed says Al-Shabaab would be less capable to carry out attacks through the region.

Source: WGRC.com