Somalia launches historic national strategy to combat IED threat

In a landmark move to address one of the most persistent threats to its security, Somalia has launched its first-ever National Counter-IED Strategy, praised by the United Nations as an “important step forward” in the fight against improvised explosives widely used by the Al-Shabaab militant group.

Senior Somali officials and international partners gathered in Mogadishu on 15 September for the launch of the strategy, developed under…