Saudi Arabia overlooks Somali tensions with military support for outgoing president

Media and military sources reported that Saudi Arabia has appeared to disregard the growing tensions in Somalia's Galmudug State, stemming from the outgoing President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's government's efforts to consolidate control over the region, by dispatching a Saudi military delegation to two Somali military training camps in the Guri Jabal area of Galguduud region in Galmudug, where Riyadh is financing the training programme.

By Albert Kuzor