...to destabilize the region. Somalia, which has been labeled as a failed state,1As argued by Aatif Rashid, Somalia is regarded as a failed state because it lost governmental control over...
Somalia
Essays
The Westgate Terrorist Attack: Any Lessons for Kenya’s Approach to Regional Security?
by Kenneth Omeje and Dr. Nicodemus Minde
...the bombing of a populated target in Kampala, Uganda. Kenya became a prime target of contemporary Islamist terrorist attacks when it sent troops to Somalia in 2011 to combat and...
AU-UN Cooperation
African Peace Support Operations: Sites for Deepening the United Nations’ Cooperation with Regional Organizations
by Dawit Yohannes Wondemagegnehu
...in the context of African PSOs. This point is illustrated by the principle of division of labor. African PSOs in Burundi (2004), Sudan (2004–7), Mali (2012), and Somalia (2007–now) all...
Africa
Kenya-US Relations under Joe Biden’s Presidency: Prospects and Challenges
by Linnet Hamasi
...Kenyan troops currently serve in southern Somalia as part of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) with massive logistic support from the US. In the economic realm, the Obama...
Essays
AU Plays, UN Pays: The New Normal in AU-UN Security Cooperation
by Thomas Kwasi Tieku
...and interest to perpetuate state collapse indefinitely.”12Aisha Ahmad, “Agenda for peace or budget for war? Evaluating the economic impact of international intervention in Somalia,” International Journal (Spring 2012): 315. As...
Essays
Towards More Effective Partnership Peacekeeping in Africa
by Paul Williams
...account for just over half of all United Nations peacekeepers deployed around the globe and about half of the annual UN peacekeeping budget. The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)...
Special Issues
Terrorism Demands Rethinking of National and Regional Security
by Godwin Murunga
...complications are many, and they worsen the situation for security thinkers. To the extent that Somalia is at issue and Kenya is a target country, a narrow national approach to...
Democracy, Development and Governance
New Wealth, New Security Challenges: The Impact of Energy and Mega-Infrastructure Projects in the Greater Horn of Africa
by Kennedy Mkutu
The Greater Horn of Africa1The Greater Horn Countries comprise the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. is one of the...
Africa
The Challenges of American Foreign Policy in the African Sahel: An Overview
by Erick Sourna Loumtouang
...in Somalia,” The Intercept, April 22, 2020, https://theintercept.com/2020/04/22/coronavirus-somalia-airstrikes/. These statistics show that President Trump increased the use of drones during his term of office. US Africa Command’s “Enduring Footprint” and...
Essays
Reintegration Challenges in the Post-2015 Amnesty Program for Former Foreign Fighters in Coastal Kenya
by John Mwangi Githigaro
...such as Somalia after being recruited into Al-Shabaab. The intended aim of this unconditional offer of a blanket amnesty by the government was to provide rehabilitation and the consequent reintegration...