(14-09-25) MOGADISHU (HN) — Somalia has endorsed its first National Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) Strategy, a landmark move to counter al-Shabaab and Daesh, whose deadly use of roadside bombs has long plagued the country.
At a validation workshop in Mogadishu, Defence Minister H.E. Ahmed Moallim Fiqi, National Security Adviser H.E. Amb. Aweys Haji, Internal Security Minister Gen. Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail, and international partners rallied behind the plan.
Minister Fiqi warned that IEDs remain “the greatest weapon of al-Shabaab and Daesh — killing our people, obstructing daily life, and undermining stability.” He stressed that the strategy reflects resilience, experience, and a renewed national vision to cut terrorists off from the means to produce, transport, finance, and deploy explosives.
The strategy prioritises intelligence-led operations, border security, a national C-IED centre, judicial reform, financial disruption of terror networks, and public awareness campaigns. It also calls for coordinated action with international partners to degrade and defeat extremist groups.
“This is not a military effort alone,” Fiqi said. “It is a whole-of-government and whole-of-society mission to safeguard Somali lives and secure our future.”
The initiative, coordinated by the Central Monitoring Department of the Office of National Security, has been hailed as a turning point in Somalia’s fight against terror, aiming to deliver measurable results on the ground.
Halqabsi News
