Somali military and police commanders have been forced to vacate their
offices for failure to curb the rampant insurgency in the war-torn Somalia, sources close to the government told Garowe Online.

Somali police commander General Abdi Hassan Awale and the military commander General Yusuf Hussein Osman have been blamed for doing little about the current security situation in the country, however their dismissal is not yet publicised.

Reports say General Abdi Hassan is expected to be named Somali ambassador to the one of the West Africa countries, while the fate of the General Yussuf is unknown.

There is no one who was named for the positions of the Somali police and military commanders, however the move comes as the government outlines new program meant to carry out national census on the number of Somali TFG police and military troops.

After his election early this year, Somali president Sheikh Sharif Sheikh named General Yusuf the Military chief after dismissing the former who served in the government Ex-president Abdullahi Yussuf. In the reshuffle, General Abdi Awale was returned as the police commanders

Analysts say the latest dismissal can only be accounted for hidden war within the embattled government with the move expected to rattle the shaky political grounds.

Senior Somali government officials led by President Sheikh Sharif and Prime Minister Omar Ali Sharmake are now discussing who will replace the two commanders.

GAROWE ONLINE