Somalia set to issue national biometric IDs amid security challenges
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Thursday March 31, 2016 - 10:59:54 in English News by
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Struggling to deal with growing security threats by the Al-Qaeda linked militant group, Somali government said it plans to start issuing new electronic national IDs for the all citizens, a move it says would help improve the country security situation.
Yusuf Jimale, Mogadishu mayor said the initiative, the first which would have to be after more than two decades of war aims to identify all citizens and monitor their movements to boost security.
"The plan will be implement as soon as possible – by issuing IDs for all citizens we want to keep eye on the movements of people which would help strengthening security.” He told reporterson Wednesday.
The initiative is parts of a new a new security approach by Mogadishu’s local government which has taken over control of the city’s security from the intelligence agency after series of deadly attacks by Al Shabab group last month.
The group which security experts say shifted its military tactics also continues attacks against Somali government and African Union force supporting it as it carried out three major attacks on three African Union force bases in Somalia, which saw fighters overrun bases and killed 'scores of soldiers since late last year.
Militants have also confiscated a large amount of military armaments and vehicles during the attacks, raising fears among AU officials that the group would use them to carry out attacks disguised as African Union forces.
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Thursday March 31, 2016
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Yusuf Jimale, Mogadishu mayor said the initiative, the first which would have to be after more than two decades of war aims to identify all citizens and monitor their movements to boost security.
"The plan will be implement as soon as possible – by issuing IDs for all citizens we want to keep eye on the movements of people which would help strengthening security.” He told reporterson Wednesday.
The initiative is parts of a new a new security approach by Mogadishu’s local government which has taken over control of the city’s security from the intelligence agency after series of deadly attacks by Al Shabab group last month.
The group which security experts say shifted its military tactics also continues attacks against Somali government and African Union force supporting it as it carried out three major attacks on three African Union force bases in Somalia, which saw fighters overrun bases and killed 'scores of soldiers since late last year.
Militants have also confiscated a large amount of military armaments and vehicles during the attacks, raising fears among AU officials that the group would use them to carry out attacks disguised as African Union forces.
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Somalia set to issue national biometric IDs amid security challenges
Struggling to deal with growing security threats by the Al-Qaeda linked militant group, Somali government said it plans to start issuing new electronic national IDs for the all citizens, a move it says would help improve the country security situatio