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US will soon redeploy troops in Somalia: the mission and key goals

The Biden administration in the US recently announced it would be providing a “persistent presence” in Somalia of up to “around 450” US soldiers, reversing a decision taken by US president Donald Trump in December 2020 to withdraw about 700 troops from the country. Security policy expert Paul D. Williams…

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Somalia's new president Hassan Sheikh: his strengths and weaknesses

Somalia has a new president. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud beat the incumbent Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo in a long-delayed election. It’s not Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s first stint as leader, the 66-year-old served as Somalia’s president between 2012 and 2017. He is the leader of the Union for Peace and Development party, which…

The Conversation

UN peacekeeping in Africa is working better than you might think

Media headlines often make it seem as if peacekeeping is not going well; they tend to highlight violence, displacement and abuse. The quantitative data, however, tell a different story. Peacekeepers are saving lives and helping to keep the peace.

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For new Somalia government, al-Shabab a threat to authority

The al-Qaida-linked rebel group al-Shabab is projecting authority and asserting a wider role in public life in Somalia, underlining the extent of the challenge Africa’s deadliest Islamic extremist group presents to the newly elected government of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

The Independent UK

Outgoing Somali president admits sending 5,000 troops to Eritrea

Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, Somalia’s outgoing president, acknowledged for the first time that 5,000 of the nation’s soldiers were sent to Eritrea last year to undergo training and said their return was delayed to prevent political upheaval.

Tribune News Service

Somali minister suspended over charcoal export to Oman breaking U.N. sanctions

Somalia's prime minister suspended the foreign minister on Tuesday, citing the authorisation of a ship exporting charcoal to Oman in violation of international sanctions.

Reuters

UN envoy urges Somalia's new leaders to tackle urgent issues

The U.N. envoy for Somalia is urging the country to build on last week's election of a new president and make progress on urgent issues

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Germany's Scholz on African tour in search of new energy supplies

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is in Niger, continuing a three-country tour of Africa. One of the main motivations is that Germany is interested in new sources of energy. We get analysis from Dr. Douglas Yates of the American Graduate School in Paris. Also, as Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is sworn in…

France 24

Cairo Hosts Int’l Conference on Confronting ‘Emerging Terrorist Organizations’

Egypt’s Interior Ministry, in collaboration with Interpol, is hosting Monday a workshop on confronting emerging terrorist organizations and phenomena in the Middle East and Africa. The workshop is hosted by the Egyptian Police Academy until May 25. The participating countries include Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Saudi Arabia,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

IMF extends Somalia funding to August following election

The IMF accepted the Somali government’s request for a three-month extension to examine and endorse planned reforms.

Al Jazeera

Commentary: In Somalia, business as usual is a bad idea for US interests

Somalia swore in a new president last weekend after nearly two years of delay as the incumbent clung to power. The next day, the administration of President Joe Biden said it would again deploy hundreds of troops in the country to help in the government’s counterterrorism campaign.

Chicago Tribune

Drought and soaring food prices from Ukraine war leave millions in Africa starving

A report finds 23 million people are experiencing extreme hunger in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya, which face their worst drought in 40 years. Food prices hit record highs after Russia attacked Ukraine.

WEKU

Hassan Mohamud: The second coming of Somalia’s new president

The new president will have to tackle insecurity, rising inflation, severe drought – and reunite a fractured government

Al Jazeera

Menace of al-Qaeda rising as US sends soldiers to fight growing terrorist threat

Around 500 US soldiers will go back to Somalia on full-time deployment to fight against the growing threat of the militant group al-Shabaab - a terrorist group affiliated to al-Qaeda

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden Reestablishes US Troop Presence inside Somalia

President Joe Biden has ordered the reestablishment of a US troop presence in Somalia to help local authorities combat the Al-Shabaab militant group, a senior American official told reporters Monday. The move reverses an order from Biden's predecessor Donald Trump, who in late 2020 pulled nearly all US forces from…

Tribune News Service

Biden orders US troops back to Somalia

WASHINGTON — The U.S. will reestablish a permanent troop presence in Somalia to counter the al-Shabab terrorist group, reversing a decision by former President Donald Trump to withdraw the roughly 750 special operations troops who were previously stationed there.

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Biden reverses Trump withdrawal of US army trainers from Somalia

Up to 500 special forces advisers will train Somali forces to combat growing threat of al-Shabaab militants, says White House

Al Jazeera

Biden approves deployment of hundreds of US troops to Somalia

The decision is based on a request made by US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to better address threats from al-Shabab.

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Axios

Reversing Trump's withdrawal, Biden approves redeployment of U.S. troops to Somalia

Al-Shabab has grown stronger since the withdrawal, the U.S. has assessed.

The Independent UK

Reversing Trump, Biden acts to deploy US troops to Somalia

President Joe Biden on Monday signed an order to deploy U.S. troops to Somalia amid heightened concerns about the country’s Islamic extremist rebels, known as al-Shabab

Reuters

Biden approves redeployment of under 500 ground troops to Somalia

U.S. President Joe Biden has authorized the redeployment of fewer than 500 American troops into Somalia, U.S. officials said on Monday, after Donald Trump ordered their withdrawal during his presidency.

The Independent UK

Biden approves ‘persistent’ US troop presence in Somalia after terrorist gains following Trump-era withdrawal

A senior Biden Administration says former president Donald Trump’s December 2020 withdrawal order ‘created unnecessary and elevated risk to US forces as they moved in and out of the country on a rotational basis’

Roll Call

Biden orders U.S. troops back to Somalia - Roll Call

President Joe Biden has ordered about 500 U.S. troops to Somalia to train local forces and fight terrorist militants.

Radio France Internationale

Somalia backs President Mohamud for second term, hoping for peace and stability

Sworn in early on Monday, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud becomes the first Somali president to win a second term. He has vowed to transform the troubled Horn of Africa nation into "a peaceful country that is at peace with the world."

Al Jazeera

Somalia elects Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as new president

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud faces ‘huge tasks’, including containing al-Shabab attacks and addressing a devastating drought.

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