{"id":185318,"date":"2021-04-05T16:26:24","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T14:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/un-envoy-to-somalia-condemns-attacks-in-lower-shabelle?lang=en"},"modified":"2021-04-05T16:26:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T14:26:24","slug":"un-envoy-to-somalia-condemns-attacks-in-lower-shabelle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/un-envoy-to-somalia-condemns-attacks-in-lower-shabelle\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Envoy to Somalia Condemns Attacks In Lower Shabelle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/42516285e89ffce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/42516285e89ffce\" alt=\"United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM)\" style=\"max-width:500px;\"\/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/42516285e89ffce\">Download logo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, James Swan, condemned yesterday&rsquo;s attacks against the Somali National Army bases in Barire and Awdhegle towns in Lower Shabelle region.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We strongly condemn these attacks that targeted Somali forces. This is a vivid reminder of the sacrifices being made by Somali soldiers every day as they fight bravely to keep Somalia and its people safe,&rdquo; said &nbsp;Mr. Swan. &ldquo;We extend our condolences for the loss of life, and wish a speedy recovery to the injured.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attacks, and has reportedly sustained heavy losses in the face of strong action by the Somali National Army.<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM).<\/i><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download logo The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, James Swan, condemned yesterday&rsquo;s attacks against the Somali National Army bases in Barire and Awdhegle towns in Lower Shabelle region. &ldquo;We strongly condemn these attacks that targeted Somali forces. This is a vivid reminder of the sacrifices being made by Somali soldiers every day [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":185319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[4585],"class_list":{"0":"post-185318","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-africa-news-2","8":"tag-apo","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/un-envoy-to-somalia-condemns-attacks-in-lower-shabelle.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}