As Africa’s peacekeeping mission in Somalia enters what could be its final phase, leaders are also urging a rethink of the kind of political future to replace military engagements.
Last week, troop-contributing countries agreed to prepare for an orderly withdrawal, 18 months earlier than planned, as a deepening funding crisis forces a strategic rethink of the two decades of the mission that has changed names and mandates several times, goggling up millions of dollars to keep Somalia stable.
