Somali President Condemns Al-Shabab Attack Somali President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has called on al-Shabab militants to end what he called their suicidal mission and brutal attacks. In a speech marking Somalia’s 56th anniversary of independence, the President urged the Islamist insurgents to think of the lives they disrupt. President Sheikh Mohamud urged the militants to support his government for their rights to be protected. VOA