United States Ambassador Michael Ranneberger today
visited the fifteen Burundian troops who were wounded in
Sunday’s suicide bomb attack on their base in Mogadishu,
and subsequently evacuated to Nairobi.
The Ambassador was joined by counterparts
from the European Union, the Somali Embassy in Nairobi,
AMISOM, and senior staff from Nairobi Hospital.
Ambassador Ranneberger offered condolences for the eleven
soldiers who perished in the attacks.
He also thanked the troops for their service to Somalia,
noting that they are a credit to Burundi as they work to
rebuild Somalia.
Ambassador Ranneberger reviewed the measures the
international community is taking to support the
Transitional Federal Government, so that the Somali
government can ultimately provide for its own security.
Finally, the Ambassador remarked with admiration that one
of the wounded soldiers told him that, if given the
opportunity, the soldier would return to Somalia to finish
his mission.
By Dahir Abdulle
Alasow
dahiralasow@yahoo.com
