The US is sending soldiers to fight the growing threat of a terrorist group affiliated to al-Qaeda.
President Joe Biden is deploying around 500 troops to Somalia in east Africa to fight the growing threat of al-Shabaab, in a move which reverses the Trump administration’s withdrawal in 2020.
There are concerns that the Somalia-based terrorist group affiliated with al-Qaeda are a threat to Americans and their allies at home and abroad, as well as US allies.