President Biden signed an order on Monday authorizing the redeployment of several hundreds of Special Operations troops in Somalia, from which former President Donald Trump withdrew 700 ground forces in his final weeks in office.
According to the Pentagon, the troops deployed in Somalia won't be used in combat operations, but they will be repositioned around Africa to train and support Somali forces fighting against al-Shabab.
Biden's decision to redeploy troops in Somalia comes as something of a surprise, as the order is in stark contrast with last year's controversial decision to completely pull American forces from Afghanistan.
American ground forces had been largely pulled from Somalia by Trump in 2020 when the former president ordered that 750 troops be removed from the African country.
troops in Somalia comes as the country is closer to choosing a new legislature, after Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who served as Somalia's president between 2012 and 2017, has been elected president again.
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