Somalia’s National Security Advisor, Hussein Sheikh Ali, has unequivocally stated that the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) is not engaged in negotiations with the militant group Al-Shabaab.

 

This declaration comes in response to unverified social media reports suggesting that “secret” talks were underway with the terrorist organization.

“FGS is not in talks with al-Shabab (Al-Khawarij). The President has put forward clear conditions on this eventuality: They must sever any link with global terror groups and accept Somalia’s territorial integrity. They must be willing to pursue their political agenda peacefully,” Hussein Sheikh Ali asserted in a post on his official X account.

The President’s stance, sources say, outlines stringent prerequisites that Al-Shabaab must meet before any dialogue can be considered. These conditions are aimed at ensuring that the group renounces violence and aligns with the broader goals of national unity and peace.

The statement serves as a direct rebuttal to circulating rumors, reinforcing the government’s commitment to a transparent and uncompromising approach to national security. By setting these clear conditions, the Somali government reaffirms its position against engaging with terrorist groups without significant concessions and assurances.

The reaffirmation of this policy underscores the government’s broader strategy to combat terrorism and maintain stability within the country.

The National Security Advisor’s declaration is expected to quell speculations and reinforce the government’s firm position on countering terrorism while promoting a peaceful political process. The administration’s clear conditions for any potential talks with Al-Shabaab highlight the uncompromising nature of its strategy to ensure lasting peace and security in Somalia.

The alshabaab also reported that,If talks happen, AlShabaab intends to engage only with international partners, not the Somali government. Sources around the Al-Shabaab network suggest  Alshabaab  will soon release a statement clarifying their perspective on this matter.

M23's Corneille Nanga writes a letter to the UN security council

 

AFC/M23 - RESPONSE TO THE 2024 REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS

 

AFC/M23 - RESPONSE TO THE 2024 REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS...check the link below

https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:EU:d2e06758-a976-43d6-9848-3873c656540e

Russia's unknown and speculated space based nuclear weapon

 Putin has launched an expanded campaign to fight the West.

The main known unknown, publicly at least, is whether this is a space-based nuclear weapon in the most conventional sense of the term — nuclear warheads, atomic reactions, mushroom clouds. Or if, as many experts suspect, this is a nuclear-powered satellite carrying electronic weapons, which could cause havoc on Earth by crippling satellites that drive everything from weather forecasting and phone calls to wars and the global economy.

If it is the former — actual space nukes — that would be a violation of the United Nations’ Outer Space Treaty of 1967. One of its clauses says that countries are not allowed to “place nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction in orbit, or on celestial bodies, or station them in outer space in any other manner.”

One of the reasons this treaty was signed is the same reason that stationing nuclear weapons in orbit would be so dangerous: a country could loose a nuclear bomb from the heavens with very little warning. The sources said the Russian technology in question is designed to target American satellites, something experts say Russia — and other nuclear-armed powers — is more than capable of doing using intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs, launched from the ground.

Nevertheless, actually deploying nuclear weapons in orbit “would be a new escalatory step by the Russian Federation, which has already trashed a lot of arms control treaties,” said Mariana Budjeryn, a senior research associate at the Project on Managing the Atom, part of the Harvard Kennedy School. “This would be putting a nuclear weapon in space — where there have been none before.”

Other experts, reading between the lines of the reports, believe that this weapons system would be nuclear-powered rather than nuclear-armed. There has also been speculation that this is all linked to a classified Russian satellite, named Cosmos 2575, launched last week.

2 dead ,20 injured in an M23 mortar attack on sake

 The South African National Defense Force (SANDF), confirms the mortar attack on one of our bases in Sake, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on June 25, 2024, which caused two dead and twenty injured. Four seriously injured members were hospitalized, while the others, with minor injuries, are expected to be released soon. The families of the two members who lost their lives have been informed and all necessary procedures to bring them their mortal remains are being processed. The names of the deceased will be communicated in due course.

DRC's prime Minister to visit Goma on Wednesday

 

Prime Minister Judith Suminwa is expected to go to North Kivu on Wednesday for an official visit, reports a source close to the prime minister. Some Congolese believe that his visit to North Kivu will be "significant" during this period when killings of civilians are increasing in Beni following ADF activism and the intensification of fighting between the Congolese army and the M23 / RDF in Rutshuru and Masisi. This visit will be her first outing inside the country since her appointment as Prime Minister of the DRC. During her inauguration on June 12, Mrs. Suminwa placed security as the second pillar of government action.

M23 attempted simultaneous attacks Repelled by FARDC

 

After M23 spending the whole weekend enmassing reinforcements, Fardc repelled simultaneous attacks by M23 rebels in PP, Bushikwa, Kimaka and Kateku who were seeking to force their way into Kanyabayonga. M23 rebels supported by Rwanda continue to unsuccessfully attempt to enter Kanyabayonga. All the attempts and maneuvers of the M23_RDF on this axis fail to break the determination of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo to defend the city of Kanyabayonga.