JIGJIGA (SD) – The President of Ethiopia’s Somali Regional Government, Mustafa Muhammad Omar said that Al-Shabaab cannot disrupt the security of the region.

“I am confident Al Shabaab terrorist can’t disrupt the regions security, no matter who is supporting them”. the president.

The President also thanked the Somali people of Ethiopia “I am very grateful to the people of the Somali Region who showed unprecedented unity and stood by their troops.”

President Mustafa Muhammed Omar has been ay frontlines in Afdheer and Shabelle regions these days. at the Somali-Ethiopian border.

The situation is now calm in the areas where the local forces, Liyuu Police and Al Shabaab militants clashed last couple of days.

The statement of the President of the Somali region comes at a time when it is said that Al-Shabaab is preparing for future incursions into Ethiopia.