US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Somali forces had made “impressive progress” in the fight against Al-Shabaab, but warned that the terrorist group was still capable of “exporting terrorism from ungoverned places.”
“I think they (Somali forces) made more progress last year than they had in the previous five years,” Austin told reporters in Djibouti.
Austin met with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Djibouti on Sunday, as part of his first visit to the African continent as Minister of Defense.
Earlier, Austin met with the President of Djibouti and the Minister of Defense, and thanked them for hosting the primary base of the United States in Africa and supporting Somalia in its war against extremist groups.
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