{"id":16824,"date":"2025-05-25T23:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T23:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=16824"},"modified":"2025-05-28T08:18:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T08:18:09","slug":"somali-government-under-fire-over-humiliating-aid-delivery-to-anti-shabaab-fighters-in-hiiraan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2025\/05\/25\/somali-government-under-fire-over-humiliating-aid-delivery-to-anti-shabaab-fighters-in-hiiraan\/","title":{"rendered":"Somali govt under fire over \u2018humiliating\u2019 aid delivery to anti AS fighters in Hiiraan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>BELEDWEYNE &#8212;<\/strong> Somalia\u2019s federal government is facing sharp criticism after delivering what local officials described as an embarrassingly small amount of aid to Macawiisley militias battling Al-Shabaab (AS) in the central Hiiraan region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hiiraan regional governor Muse Salad Wehliye, speaking to local media, said the aid provided to the frontline community fighters amounted to just a few cartons of supplies \u2014 a gesture he described as \u201cdisgraceful\u201d and unworthy of the sacrifices made by the militias.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThese fighters have risked their lives to defend the nation. Delivering a few boxes in the name of aid is not only insulting, it\u2019s a national embarrassment,\u201d Governor Wehliye said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A delegation from the federal government visited the area earlier this week to officially hand over the aid, but the governor said the visit backfired, turning into a public relations fiasco that angered both the fighters and local residents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The criticism comes as Macawiisley forces have intensified operations against Al-Shabaab in recent weeks, launching expanded offensives along the border between Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The controversy has raised broader concerns about the federal government\u2019s commitment to supporting local forces, who have played a key role in reclaiming territory from the Al-Qaeda-linked militant group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Source: SMN\u00a0 \u00a0Origin: <a href=\"https:\/\/shabellemedia.com\/somali-government-under-fire-over-humiliating-aid-delivery-to-anti-shabaab-fighters-in-hiiraan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored ugc noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">view original<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BELEDWEYNE &#8212; Somalia\u2019s federal government is facing sharp criticism after delivering what local officials described as an embarrassingly small amount of aid to Macawiisley militias battling Al-Shabaab (AS) in the central Hiiraan region. Hiiraan regional governor Muse Salad Wehliye, speaking to local media, said the aid provided to the frontline community fighters amounted to just &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16824"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16837,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16824\/revisions\/16837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}