Residents of Mogadishu met on Monday, July 11 to express their approval of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s visit to Eritrea.
President Mohamud traveled to Eritrea over the weekend.
He is in Eritrea at the invitation of his host, President Isaias Afwerki.
The residents, who were mostly women, gathered as a show of support at the news that President Mohamud visited Somali troops in Eritrea.
Young Somali men and women have been in Eritrea undergoing military training for the last three years.
Various sources put the number of youths being trained at 5,000.