3. TIL The Chief of the Somali Armed Forces is 33-year-old Brigadier General Odowaa...

TIL The Chief of the Somali Armed Forces is 33-year-old Brigadier General Odowaa Yusuf Rageh

After reading that the US will withdraw forces from Somalia, I thought that his story is interesting to see how young the leader of their armed forces is.

"He personally took his AK-47 and led the fight," said Mohamed Abukar Aweys, the mayor of Awdhegle, who was at the base that morning. "I saw him encouraging the soldiers to fight."

His senior commander, General Dahir Aden Elmi "Indhoqarsho," says if General Rageh had not been there, "things would have been different."

"His presence changed the morale of the soldiers, changed the fight; they fought bravely because of the commander," said General Elmi. "He led the defense, and the charge. They won with his operation plan."

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