Somalia Archives • Declassified UK

Britain’s ambassador to Somalia visits the police Goodir Unit (Photo: FCDO / Twitter)

David Amess murder: How is Britain tackling the terror threat from Somalia?

18 October 2021 by PHIL MILLER

The UK Foreign Office has spent around £24 million since 2013 assisting an armed police squad in Somalia whose counter-terrorism operations are shrouded in secrecy. Funding for Somalia’s Goodir Unit is intended to stop attacks by Al Shabab, the Al Qaeda-linked militant group in East Africa that claims to have recruited British Somalis from London, […]

Archive Military

Britain’s seven covert wars: An Explainer

16 September 2019 by MARK CURTIS

The United Kingdom is fighting at least seven covert wars

Tagged Afghanistan Iraq Libya Pakistan Somalia Syria Yemen

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