Accession hands EAC mandate to fix Somalia’s security
Media report in front of destroyed building after a deadly 30-hour siege by Al Shabaab militias at Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia on August 21, 2022. PHOTO | HASSAN ALI ELMI | AFP
Somalia’s admission to the East African Community now hands the mandate to the bloc to fix the Horn of Africa country’s fluid and volatile security under the region’s strategy that seeks to guide regional level interventions in the peace and security sector, to respond to the nature and form of the ever-evolving security threats.
Experts told The EastAfrican that Somalia comes to the EAC with its baggage of security concerns, which includes Al Shabaab terrorism, proliferation of small arms and smuggling related insecurity via the open 3,000km shoreline – Africa’s longest – which could present new security headache for the region.
