The Jigjiga trail: Saudi-funded Somali troops and the shadow of Sudan’s war

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Jigjiga has thus, for the first time, brought hundreds of the programme’s graduates into the spotlight, raising a direct question about what Riyadh is actually funding and the fate of this force after its training ends. The post The Jigjiga trail: Saudi-funded Somali troops and the shadow of…

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