Somalia National Army (SNA) will on Thursday commemorate the 58th anniversary of its establishment.
Ceremonies to mark the Day are expected to take place in many parts of the country as well barracks of different brigades across the nation.
Minister for Defense, Mohamed Mursal, Chief of Army, Army Force Commander and several other officials the military and the government is expected to ceremony of the commemoration of the Army Day which is scheduled to take place in Mogadishu.
SNA was established in 12th April in 1960 after Somalia got its full independence.
Under Siyad Barre’s rule, Somalia once possessed a formidable military in the continent.
The army which disintegrated when the civil war 1990s was re-established during the former transitional Somali governments.
SNA soldiers backed by continental forces have been battling Al-Shabab in different parts of the country for a decade.
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