Somalia wants even more drone strikes against the Shabaab
Debris litters the street after a deadly 30-hour siege by Al-Shabaab at Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu on August 21, 2022 that left at least 13 civilians dead and dozens wounded in the gun and bomb attack. PHOTO | HASSAN ALI ELMI | AFP
This week, President Hassan gathered federal state leaders in the capital to re-establish unity in the long-running fight to eliminate al Shabaab militia.
Somalia now increasingly sees more drone strikes as crucial to finish off al Shabaab hide-outs, upending a policy Mogadishu fronted in the final months of the previous administration following mounting criticism of civilian casualties.
