Mogadishu (Sunatimes) The president of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has today visited a center for the rehabilitation of defected Al Shabab fighters.

President Sharif said the youth defecting from Al Shabab will receive warm receptions and good care. They will also get access to education and medical services, said Sheikh Sharif.

The president was accompanied by deputy minister of ministry of internal affiars, Ibrahim Yarow Issack, the police commissioner of Somalia and high officials from the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM).

The president thanked the efforts of the agencies and those who saw the reconstruction of the center for rehabilitation of Al Shabab defectors.

By Faduma Farah