In Summary
- “There was no significant progress” toward Africom’s goal of creating “security cocoon around Mogadishu,” says the US Defence Department report covering the last three months of 2019.
- Shabaab retains resilience despite a concerted US airstrike campaign that included 63 strikes on militant-associated targets last year.
New York
The US Army’s Africa Command (Africom) says in a new report that it aims to render al-Shabaab incapable of conducting effective operations by next year.
But the military situation in Somalia, as appraised by the US Defence Department’s inspector general, makes it appear unlikely that this ambitious timetable will be met.
In its “campaign plan” outlined in the Defence Department study released on Tuesday, Africom asserts an objective of degrading Shabaab by no later than September 2021.
According to the Africa Command, that term means Shabaab will no longer be able to conduct large-scale attacks inside Somalia or in Kenya and other neighbouring countries.
The militant group that has been fighting since 2006 to oust foreign forces and establish a caliphate in Somalia would also be stripped of its ability to recruit personnel and to maintain safe havens, Africom adds.
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Xafiiska Wararka Qaranimo Online | Muqdisho
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