Trump lifts “restrictions” on bombing operations and targeted assassinations
NOVANEWS
Pan-African News Wire
Abayomi Azikiwe
Even with 22,000 western-trained and funded AMISOM troops stationed in Somalia, the country still has not been stabilized. Trump’s directive will only create more death and destruction.
United States President Donald Trump has pledged to intensify the war against the people of Somalia which has gone on for decades.
This latest manifestation of Washington’s intervention in the oil-rich Horn of Africa state came in the form of an executive order granting the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) greater latitude in carrying out military operations inside the country against the al-Shabaab guerrilla movement. However, the Pentagon is attempting to maintain a semblance of caution in their public remarks about...