...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Mission in Somalia to exit before realising the extermination of the Al-Shabaab
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Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...terror group.
As the United States, a funder, sets its sights on a full hand-over of security functions to Somalia’s own forces, President Kenyatta is adamant that AMISOM ‐ whose drawdown was projected to commence next year ‐ must be adequately facilitated to complete its mission.
"We can hurry to leave but what happens when an inadequately prepared Somali force is left to its own devices? A vacuum is left and the root of the problem will re-emerge."
He maintained that it is in the best interest of Kenya to take the fight, as it were, to the enemy and not risk compromising regional stability.
"It is not a Somali problem. It is in essence our problem."
His position is shared by the AMISOM Force Commander Lieutenant General Osman Noor Soubagleh who at the conclusion of the African Chiefs of Defence Conference said, "the draw-down will be depend with (sic) some conditions."
"We need to first help to degrade and contain Al-Shabaab, to bring levels of violence to levels that are acceptable that can allow for the government as such to be present and exercise its functions all throughout the country."