Someone shot and killed a top army leader in Somalia last Saturday. Colonel Nur Farey died when a person dressed as a soldier fired at him during his talk with troops. This happened near Afgoye town in the Lower Shabelle area. The killer walked right up to Farey before shooting him. Officials started looking into whether the shooter belonged to the terror group called al-Shabaab.
Farey ran the 14th Brigade, a military unit fighting to take back land from terrorists. His team tried to free Awdhegle town from al-Shabaab control. The government named his brigade after a terrible bombing that hurt or killed 1000 people back in 2017. That attack happened at the K-5 street corner in Mogadishu city on October 14. The blast stands as the worst terror attack ever seen across Africa.
The killing came at the exact time when the Somalia President traveled away from home. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud had gone to Uganda to meet President Yoweri Museveni. They planned to talk about ways to make Somalia safer. The country has faced wars and fighting for many years. Somalia sits in the Horn of Africa region, where peace remains hard to find.
Al-Shabaab keeps parts of Somalia under its harsh rule. They stop the government from helping people living there. Army units like the 14th Brigade try to push these fighters out of towns and villages. The work proves dangerous, as shown by what happened to Colonel Farey. His death shows how the terrorists might place fake soldiers inside the real army.
Security teams must find out who exactly killed the commander and why. They need to learn if other fake soldiers hide among real troops. The shooting raises big questions about army safety rules. It makes clear how hard fighting terrorism becomes when enemies can dress just like friends. Both Somalia and nearby countries keep working together against these threats.
Farey ran the 14th Brigade, a military unit fighting to take back land from terrorists. His team tried to free Awdhegle town from al-Shabaab control. The government named his brigade after a terrible bombing that hurt or killed 1000 people back in 2017. That attack happened at the K-5 street corner in Mogadishu city on October 14. The blast stands as the worst terror attack ever seen across Africa.
The killing came at the exact time when the Somalia President traveled away from home. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud had gone to Uganda to meet President Yoweri Museveni. They planned to talk about ways to make Somalia safer. The country has faced wars and fighting for many years. Somalia sits in the Horn of Africa region, where peace remains hard to find.
Al-Shabaab keeps parts of Somalia under its harsh rule. They stop the government from helping people living there. Army units like the 14th Brigade try to push these fighters out of towns and villages. The work proves dangerous, as shown by what happened to Colonel Farey. His death shows how the terrorists might place fake soldiers inside the real army.
Security teams must find out who exactly killed the commander and why. They need to learn if other fake soldiers hide among real troops. The shooting raises big questions about army safety rules. It makes clear how hard fighting terrorism becomes when enemies can dress just like friends. Both Somalia and nearby countries keep working together against these threats.
