Les États plus pauvres, comme le Rwanda et le Burundi, ont des incitations économiques à maintenir des armées de maintien de la paix.
- Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University
Poorer states, like Rwanda and Burundi, have economic incentives for maintaining peacekeeping armies.
Without the AU Transition Mission, the Somali army should prepare to face several hundred additional attacks each year.
A rapid exit of AU troops from Somalia could hand a battlefield and propaganda advantage to al-Shabaab.
The core obstacle to stability in Somalia is the lack of agreement among political, religious, and business elites on how to govern their country.
In January 2016, Kenyan troops were defeated by Al-Shabaab militants at El Adde in Somalia. This is why it happened.
In spite of a massive military effort the war against al-Shabaab has been effectively stalemated since 2016.
AMISOM’s experiences suggest that urban peace operations must be given sufficient resources from the outset
New evidence has made possible a more accurate estimate of how many African personnel have died since the Somalia mission deployed in March 2007.
Official reasons for joining the Somalia mission were that the conflict posed a security risk. But in fact other factors played a bigger role.
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