United States Ambassador Michael Ranneberger today visited the fifteen Burundian troops who were wounded in Sunday’s suicide bomb attack on their base in Mogadishu, and subsequently evacuated to Nairobi. The Ambassador was joined by counterparts from the European Union, the Somali Embassy in Nairobi, AMISOM, and senior staff from Nairobi Hospital.Ambassador Ranneberger offered condolences for the eleven soldiers who perished
in the attacks. He also thanked the troops for their service to Somalia, noting that they are a credit to Burundi as they work to rebuild Somalia. Ambassador Ranneberger reviewed the measures the international community is taking to support the Transitional Federal Government, so that the Somali government can ultimately provide for its own security.Finally, the Ambassador remarked with admiration that one of the wounded soldiers told him that, if given the opportunity, the soldier would return to Somalia to finish his mission.
United States Ambassador Michael Ranneberger today visited the fifteen Burundian troops who were wounded in Sunday’s suicide bomb attack on their base in Mogadishu, and subsequently evacuated to Nairobi. The Ambassador was joined by counterparts from the European Union, the Somali Embassy in Nairobi, AMISOM, and senior staff from Nairobi Hospital.Ambassador Ranneberger offered condolences for the eleven soldiers who perished
in the attacks. He also thanked the troops for their service to Somalia, noting that they are a credit to Burundi as they work to rebuild Somalia. Ambassador Ranneberger reviewed the measures the international community is taking to support the Transitional Federal Government, so that the Somali government can ultimately provide for its own security.Finally, the Ambassador remarked with admiration that one of the wounded soldiers told him that, if given the opportunity, the soldier would return to Somalia to finish his mission.
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