The United States needs to stay in the fight against al-Shabab to secure global trade.

The U.S. military has conducted coordinated airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Donald Trump’s second term.

However, if the U.S. were not an active player in the civil war, it would not be in Al-Shabaab’s interest to attack U.S. interests abroad. Beyond terrorism, Somalia is of little strategic value.

3, No. 1, 2013 CIVIL SOCIETY IN MAKING ... Verhoeven, H 2009, ‘The self-fulfilling prophecy of failed states: Somalia, state collapse and the Global war on terror’, Journal of Eastern African Studies, ...

The gradual substitution of multilateral peacekeeping participation, like in Somalia, with bilateral deployments also weakens the 2000 Arusha Peace Agreement that ended Burundi’s civil war. The accord ...

The territory declared independence 33 years ago after Somalia descended into civil war - and in many ways has functioned as a de facto nation-state ever since. "Donald is our saviour. He is a ...