Mogadishu (Halbeeg News) – A plane carrying first batch of Somali soldiers in Eretria landed at Adan Adde International Airport.
The development comes days after President Mohamud said the soldiers would begin returning home.
“Before the end of this December they will start returning (home) and in January their return will be completed,” Mohamud told a diaspora forum during a visit to the United States a video of which was released by state media. “We have set everything on that matter and God willing we don’t expect any delays after now.”
The number of recruits repatriated on Wednesday is still unknown. There are an estimated 5,000 soldiers who were trained in Eritrea.
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