{"id":446746,"date":"2025-08-12T16:05:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T13:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=446746"},"modified":"2025-08-12T16:36:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T13:36:05","slug":"defence-minister-meets-outgoing-commander-of-joint-special-operations-task-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/defence-minister-meets-outgoing-commander-of-joint-special-operations-task-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Defence Minister meets outgoing Commander of Joint Special Operations Task Force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mogadishu, (SONNA) \u2014 The Minister of Defence of the Federal Government of Somalia, H.E. Ahmed Moallim Fiqi, today met with the outgoing Commander of the Joint Special Operations Task Force \u2013 East Africa (JSOTF-EA), Colonel Ed Norris.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Fiqi expressed his gratitude to Colonel Norris for his close cooperation and consistent support to the Somali National Army, particularly in the training and operational deployment of specialised units, and wished him success in his future endeavours.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-446747\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6619-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6619-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6619-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6619-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6619-330x220.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6619-420x280.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6619-615x410.jpeg 615w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6619-860x573.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6619.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-446748\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6621-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6621-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6621-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6621-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6621-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6621-330x220.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6621-420x280.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6621-615x410.jpeg 615w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6621-860x574.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6621.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-446749\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6622-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6622-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6622-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6622-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6622-330x220.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6622-420x280.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6622-615x410.jpeg 615w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6622-860x573.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6622.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-446750\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6620-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6620-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6620-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6620-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6620-330x220.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6620-420x280.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6620-615x410.jpeg 615w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6620-860x573.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6620.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mogadishu, (SONNA) \u2014 The Minister of Defence of the Federal Government of Somalia, H.E. Ahmed Moallim Fiqi, today met with the outgoing Commander of the Joint Special Operations Task Force \u2013 East Africa (JSOTF-EA), Colonel Ed Norris. Minister Fiqi expressed his gratitude to Colonel Norris for his close cooperation and consistent support to the Somali [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":446750,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-446746","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\/446746","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=446746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":446751,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446746\/revisions\/446751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}