{"id":4991,"date":"2026-06-27T13:33:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T13:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/?p=4991"},"modified":"2026-06-27T13:33:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T13:33:51","slug":"somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Somalia establishes new military command in the strategic Bari region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BOSASO &#8211; SOMALIA &#8211; A presidential decree by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has created a new Somali military command in the strategic port city of Bosaso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new command dubbed the 17th Battalion will be commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Abdullahi Osman Diayno.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new unit will directly report to Somali President desk according to sources from the ministry of defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new command is crucial for maintain the security of the mountainous and strategic water way region of Bari region which is hideout for ISIS militants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is not immediately clear if the units will also include special forces from navy and airforce recently trained by Turkiye in the defense agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Puntland authorities have strongly opposed the move and presence of federal security agencies in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOSASO &#8211; SOMALIA &#8211; A presidential decree by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has created a new Somali military command in the strategic port city of Bosaso. The new command dubbed the 17th Battalion will be commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Abdullahi Osman Diayno. The new unit will directly report to Somali President desk according to sources&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"postBodyCss":"","postBodyMargin":[],"postBodyPadding":[],"postBodyBackground":{"backgroundType":"classic","gradient":""},"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"BOSASO - SOMALIA - A presidential decree by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has created a new Somali military command in the strategic port city of Bosaso. The new command dubbed the 17th Battalion will be commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Abdullahi Osman Diayno. The new unit will directly report to Somali President desk according to sources\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kahiye\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"East Africa News Network -\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Somalia establishes new military command in the strategic Bari region - East Africa News Network\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BOSASO - SOMALIA - A presidential decree by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has created a new Somali military command in the strategic port city of Bosaso. The new command dubbed the 17th Battalion will be commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Abdullahi Osman Diayno. The new unit will directly report to Somali President desk according to sources\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260627_163050.jpg-scaled.jpeg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260627_163050.jpg-scaled.jpeg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2058\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-27T13:33:50+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-27T13:33:51+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eastafricanewsnetwork\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Somalia establishes new military command in the strategic Bari region - East Africa News Network\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"BOSASO - SOMALIA - A presidential decree by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has created a new Somali military command in the strategic port city of Bosaso. The new command dubbed the 17th Battalion will be commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Abdullahi Osman Diayno. The new unit will directly report to Somali President desk according to sources\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260627_163050.jpg-scaled.jpeg\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\\\/#blogposting\",\"name\":\"Somalia establishes new military command in the strategic Bari region - East Africa News Network\",\"headline\":\"Somalia establishes new military command in the strategic Bari region\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/author\\\/kahiye\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/20260627_163050.jpg-scaled.jpeg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":2058},\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-27T13:33:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-27T13:33:51+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"News\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/category\\\/news\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"News\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/category\\\/news\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/category\\\/news\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Somalia establishes new military command in the strategic Bari region\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Somalia establishes new military command in the strategic Bari region\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/category\\\/news\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"News\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"East Africa News Network\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/\",\"telephone\":\"+16125015472\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Logo-small.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\\\/#organizationLogo\",\"width\":1210,\"height\":604},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\\\/#organizationLogo\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/eastafricanewsnetwork\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/eastafricanewsnetwork\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/@eastafricanewsnetwork\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/east-africa-news-network\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/author\\\/kahiye\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/author\\\/kahiye\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kahiye\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/7bbf6f42c005f7dffe448318f9b272c9.jpg?ver=1784061532\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Kahiye\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\\\/\",\"name\":\"Somalia establishes new military command in the strategic Bari region - East Africa News Network\",\"description\":\"BOSASO - SOMALIA - A presidential decree by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has created a new Somali military command in the strategic port city of Bosaso. The new command dubbed the 17th Battalion will be commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Abdullahi Osman Diayno. The new unit will directly report to Somali President desk according to sources\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/author\\\/kahiye\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/author\\\/kahiye\\\/#author\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/20260627_163050.jpg-scaled.jpeg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\\\/#mainImage\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":2058},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\\\/#mainImage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-27T13:33:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-27T13:33:51+00:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"East Africa News Network\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eastafrica.news\\\/en\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Somalia establishes new military command in the strategic Bari region - East Africa News Network","description":"BOSASO - SOMALIA - A presidential decree by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has created a new Somali military command in the strategic port city of Bosaso. The new command dubbed the 17th Battalion will be commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Abdullahi Osman Diayno. The new unit will directly report to Somali President desk according to sources","canonical_url":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\/#blogposting","name":"Somalia establishes new military command in the strategic Bari region - East Africa News Network","headline":"Somalia establishes new military command in the strategic Bari region","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/author\/kahiye\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260627_163050.jpg-scaled.jpeg","width":2560,"height":2058},"datePublished":"2026-06-27T13:33:50+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-27T13:33:51+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"News"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/category\/news\/#listItem","name":"News"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/category\/news\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/category\/news\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\/#listItem","name":"Somalia establishes new military command in the strategic Bari region"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"Somalia establishes new military command in the strategic Bari region","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/category\/news\/#listItem","name":"News"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/#organization","name":"East Africa News Network","url":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/","telephone":"+16125015472","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Logo-small.png","@id":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\/#organizationLogo","width":1210,"height":604},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\/#organizationLogo"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eastafricanewsnetwork","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/eastafricanewsnetwork\/","https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@eastafricanewsnetwork","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/east-africa-news-network\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/author\/kahiye\/#author","url":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/author\/kahiye\/","name":"Kahiye","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/7bbf6f42c005f7dffe448318f9b272c9.jpg?ver=1784061532","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Kahiye"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\/","name":"Somalia establishes new military command in the strategic Bari region - East Africa News Network","description":"BOSASO - SOMALIA - A presidential decree by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has created a new Somali military command in the strategic port city of Bosaso. The new command dubbed the 17th Battalion will be commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Abdullahi Osman Diayno. The new unit will directly report to Somali President desk according to sources","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/author\/kahiye\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/author\/kahiye\/#author"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260627_163050.jpg-scaled.jpeg","@id":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\/#mainImage","width":2560,"height":2058},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\/#mainImage"},"datePublished":"2026-06-27T13:33:50+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-27T13:33:51+00:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/","name":"East Africa News Network","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"East Africa News Network -","og:type":"article","og:title":"Somalia establishes new military command in the strategic Bari region - East Africa News Network","og:description":"BOSASO - SOMALIA - A presidential decree by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has created a new Somali military command in the strategic port city of Bosaso. The new command dubbed the 17th Battalion will be commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Abdullahi Osman Diayno. The new unit will directly report to Somali President desk according to sources","og:url":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\/","og:image":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260627_163050.jpg-scaled.jpeg","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260627_163050.jpg-scaled.jpeg","og:image:width":2560,"og:image:height":2058,"article:published_time":"2026-06-27T13:33:50+00:00","article:modified_time":"2026-06-27T13:33:51+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eastafricanewsnetwork","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"Somalia establishes new military command in the strategic Bari region - East Africa News Network","twitter:description":"BOSASO - SOMALIA - A presidential decree by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has created a new Somali military command in the strategic port city of Bosaso. The new command dubbed the 17th Battalion will be commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Abdullahi Osman Diayno. The new unit will directly report to Somali President desk according to sources","twitter:image":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260627_163050.jpg-scaled.jpeg"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"4991","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":{"focus":{"keyphrase":"","score":0,"analysis":{"keyphraseInTitle":{"score":0,"maxScore":9,"error":1}}},"additional":[]},"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_video":"","og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"BlogPosting","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":"-1","robots_max_videopreview":"-1","robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":"default","local_seo":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":{"faqs":[],"keyPoints":[],"schemas":[],"titles":[],"descriptions":[],"socialPosts":{"email":[],"linkedin":[],"twitter":[],"facebook":[],"instagram":[]}},"breadcrumb_settings":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":null,"created":"2026-06-27 13:33:51","updated":"2026-06-27 14:05:40"},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/category\/news\/\" title=\"News\">News<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tSomalia establishes new military command in the strategic Bari region\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en"},{"label":"News","link":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/category\/news\/"},{"label":"Somalia establishes new military command in the strategic Bari region","link":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/somalia-establishes-new-military-command-in-the-strategic-bari-region\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4991"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4993,"href":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4991\/revisions\/4993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}