Donald Trump will be US president for four years, starting 20 January 2025. What does it mean for Africa? Judging by the example of Somalia across administrations – including his – nothing new. Republicans and Democrats alike have rained down drone strikes on the East African country.
While Washington claims that this is a necessary evil to eliminate al-Shabaab, what it fails to mention is that its own intervention in the Horn of Africa created the terrorist group to begin with. Al-Shabaab emerged after the US, together with Ethiopia, decided to eliminate the Islamic Courts Union, which had started to govern Somalia after decades of turmoil.
The stats below come from Airwars research and include declared and alleged strikes.