President Mohamed outlined the programme of his administration in light of challenges ( corruption, clan militias, extremism, unreliable judiciary and poverty) and opportunities ( renewed committment of the International Community to sustaining the progress made over the past five years in Somalia ).
The conference tackled a wide range of issues, from Somalia's requests for debt relief to calls for easier access to the worldwide banking system, but British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said the security pact was the main achievement.
British Prime Minister Theresa May opened the conference, which was also attended by heads of state from Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda; U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis led the American delegation. ' After the fall of former President Mohamed Siad Barre's government in the early 1990s, Somalia fell into a state of chaos that has turned it into a failed state, compounded by the emergence of pirate gangs operating on its coasts and seizing merchant ships.
Farmajo, who took office in February, declared war on al-Shabab last month following a string of deadly attacks carried out by the group in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
Addressing the conference, the British premier urged the global community to increase support for Somalia, "as the country confronts a potential starvation and ongoing insecurity".
Guterres said the drought was Somalia's "most pressing priority" and appealed for an additional $900 million by the end of the year to prevent it worsening into a starvation.
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"We in the region will continue to shed our blood and do whatever is just and necessary to restore the long sought after peace and stability in Somalia and across the region". 'Here in London we can tip the scales from danger to safety.' ...
Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, also known as Farmajo, on Thursday (11 May) said the country's forces needed bigger and modern weapons to fight the better-equipped terrorist groups.
Hundreds of thousands of Somalis, the vast majority women and children, have been displaced by a drought since November.
He also urged the worldwide community to invest in agriculture, livestock and fisheries and ease the country's public debt.
Somalia also confronts the worst outbreak of cholera in five years, with nearly 690 deaths so far this year and cases expected to reach 50,000 by the end of June, the World Health Organization said in a statement Thursday.
Save the Children chief Keven Watkins said the African country "continues to drift toward an avoidable starvation".
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