{"id":445069,"date":"2025-07-12T15:39:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T12:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=445069"},"modified":"2025-07-12T15:39:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T12:39:43","slug":"sna-commander-visits-troops-in-lower-shabelle-to-commend-on-their-victories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/sna-commander-visits-troops-in-lower-shabelle-to-commend-on-their-victories\/","title":{"rendered":"SNA Commander visits troops in Lower Shabelle to commend on their victories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mogadishu, (SONNA) \u2014 The Commander of the Somali National Army, Maj. Gen. Odowaa Yusuf Rageh, visited the African Union Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), UPDF troops on Thursday to commend their role in Operation Silent Storm, which recaptured Lower Shabelle\u2019s Sabiid and Anole towns from Al-Shabaab.<\/p>\n<p>Maj. Gen. Odowaa praised the joint AUSSOM-UPDF, SNAF, and partners&#8217; collaboration, pledging ongoing support to liberate militant-held areas, and thanked Uganda for contributing to Somalia\u2019s stability.<\/p>\n<p>AUSSOM Force Commander Lt. Gen. Sam Kavuma emphasised the importance of joint efforts and civilian protection. Maj. Gen. Odowaa was accompanied by Sector One Commander Brig. Gen. Joseph Musoke Ssemwanga, Operation Silent Storm Commander Col. Kosia Kuteesa, Military Information Officer Lt. Col. Jean Rukiira, and senior SNAF officers, reaffirming their commitment to continued operations in Sector One.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-445070\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/9dfc861e-9208-4258-a87d-a1cf6f352752-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/9dfc861e-9208-4258-a87d-a1cf6f352752-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/9dfc861e-9208-4258-a87d-a1cf6f352752-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/9dfc861e-9208-4258-a87d-a1cf6f352752-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/9dfc861e-9208-4258-a87d-a1cf6f352752-330x220.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/9dfc861e-9208-4258-a87d-a1cf6f352752-420x280.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/9dfc861e-9208-4258-a87d-a1cf6f352752-615x410.jpeg 615w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/9dfc861e-9208-4258-a87d-a1cf6f352752-860x573.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/9dfc861e-9208-4258-a87d-a1cf6f352752.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-445071\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4f541469-3fc3-432b-b152-9b7acdc27436-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4f541469-3fc3-432b-b152-9b7acdc27436-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4f541469-3fc3-432b-b152-9b7acdc27436-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4f541469-3fc3-432b-b152-9b7acdc27436-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4f541469-3fc3-432b-b152-9b7acdc27436-330x220.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4f541469-3fc3-432b-b152-9b7acdc27436-420x280.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4f541469-3fc3-432b-b152-9b7acdc27436-615x410.jpeg 615w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4f541469-3fc3-432b-b152-9b7acdc27436-860x573.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4f541469-3fc3-432b-b152-9b7acdc27436.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-445072\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/61efe026-ee7d-43ee-bdc8-d070cae623a1-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/61efe026-ee7d-43ee-bdc8-d070cae623a1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/61efe026-ee7d-43ee-bdc8-d070cae623a1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/61efe026-ee7d-43ee-bdc8-d070cae623a1-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/61efe026-ee7d-43ee-bdc8-d070cae623a1-330x220.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/61efe026-ee7d-43ee-bdc8-d070cae623a1-420x280.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/61efe026-ee7d-43ee-bdc8-d070cae623a1-615x410.jpeg 615w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/61efe026-ee7d-43ee-bdc8-d070cae623a1-860x573.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/61efe026-ee7d-43ee-bdc8-d070cae623a1.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mogadishu, (SONNA) \u2014 The Commander of the Somali National Army, Maj. Gen. Odowaa Yusuf Rageh, visited the African Union Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), UPDF troops on Thursday to commend their role in Operation Silent Storm, which recaptured Lower Shabelle\u2019s Sabiid and Anole towns from Al-Shabaab. Maj. Gen. Odowaa praised the joint AUSSOM-UPDF, SNAF, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":445070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-445069","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445069"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":445074,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445069\/revisions\/445074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}