The Strategic Situation in Somalia and the Upcoming Withdrawal of International Forces
The Strategic Situation in Somalia and the Upcoming Withdrawal of International Forces Last year, on March 6, 2017, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) marked its tenth year of combat operations against Al-Shabaab, an Al Qaeda-affiliated insurgent group. Six African countries provide the soldiers for AMISOM: Uganda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti and Sierra Leone. The current size of the force was set out in UN Security Council Resolution 2124 (12 November 2013), which...
09 May 2018