{"id":861,"date":"2022-10-04T15:10:43","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T15:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskrecon.co.za\/?p=861"},"modified":"2022-10-04T15:28:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T15:28:45","slug":"us-drone-strike-in-somalia-kills-al-shabab-co-founder-time-to-re-assess-global-security-strategy-in-the-horn-of-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskrecon.co.za\/?p=861","title":{"rendered":"US drone strike in Somalia kills Al-Shabaab co-founder &#8211; time to re-assess global security strategy in the Horn of Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"861\" class=\"elementor elementor-861\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-089b292 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"089b292\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-225b125\" data-id=\"225b125\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4d02d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e4d02d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SABC interview with Dr Makhubela on US drone strike killing Al-Shabaab co-founder<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a71261 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a71261\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74d2b78\" data-id=\"74d2b78\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e351a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e351a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Somali conflict, one of Africa&#8217;s longest running, and most complex conflicts, erupted in 1990\/91 at the moment of the collapse of the Somali state.\u00a0In this SABC interview (3 October, 2022) Dr Makhubela sheds light on the implications of this drone strike, and proposes that the global security strategy in Somalia requires significant re-thinking. 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