Ahlu Sunna troops display military maneuver in parts of central Somalia. watch pictures

Moderate Islamic organization of Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a’s Ahlu Sunnah troops aka (Sufi ) have displayed military maneuver Marehan clan dominant Abudwaq district in Galgudud region in central Somalia, officials said on Sunday.Officials said that the Islamist forces finished military training on Saturday which continued three months in Bali Somalia centre, a place in the east of Abudwaq town in Galgudug region adding that they were given a special dress which they are different from the other people.

Residents said that more well trained troops with heavily armed weapons could be seen patrolling through the neighborhoods in the district adding that they were conducting operations on the streets entering the town and the other areas around the region.

Somalia’s Ahlul-Sunna Waljama’a group which control most of Galgadud region has on Sunday displayed a uniformed military outfit that would maintain the security o the region. The officials said military, armed with different types of weaponry and armored vehicles finished their three-months training in Abudwaq district on Saturday, and have already been deployed in some towns. Sheikh Burhan Abdullahi Jama’a, The group’s interim chairman said the military received uniforms to different them from any other armed group. “Some 600 soldiers have finished the three-months training and for the first time today they have received uniforms,” he told reporters in Abudwaq. He added that the troops and some others who are still in training would be deployed in regions that are under their control, vowing that his group will take over the security all the regions that are under the control of their rivals Al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam rebel groups. This comes amid raising tensions in the region after reports emerged that Al-Shabaab is conducting military movement in the regions. The Somali armed groups, which have large swathes of southern region under their control, have been engaged in deadly power struggle in the recent months over regions in Somalia, which has been without an effective central government for more than 18 years.

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