MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – Somalia will ensure the security of construction workers of development projects funded by Qatar in the Horn of Africa nation, Somali PM affirmed.
In a meeting with the ambassadors of Qatar and Turkey on Wednesday, Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble said his government is committed to secure the projects and the workers.
“Pleased to meet Qatari & Turkish Ambassadors to whom I expressed gratitude for their enduring developmental partnerships with Somalia, such as the construction of Mog- Afgoye Road. I assured them of our additional security measures in expediting the completion of the project,” the premier tweeted.
Somali government also lauded the hard work and resilience of the workers saying Somalia will never forget those who sacrificed thier lives for the construction of Mogadishu-Afgoye road.
Early this month, al-Shabaab suicide bomber blew himself up at road construction site near Afgoye town.
The blast killed seven people including two Turkish nationals.
In 2019, al-Shabaab suicide bomber had targeted the same workers at road construction site funded by Qatar in Mogadishu’s ex-control vicinity.
The attack killed over 80 people including two Turkish engineers.
Turkey has help Somalia constructed roads and trained hundreds of Somalia under the process to help the horn of Africa nation bounce back on its feet.
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