ATTACKSShabaab's ability to carry out attacks will also not be significantly blunted by the forces of the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom), the report suggests. The US military claims to have killed hundreds of Islamist militants in Somalia during the past two years. Internal peace is unlikely to be achieved in South Sudan in the coming months, the report states. The peace agreement signed between government and opposition groups in September 2017 “faces delays and implementation difficulties,” the assessment finds. “Acute food insecurity and constraints on aid access — resulting from poor infrastructure, seasonal rains, active hostilities, and government- and opposition-imposed impediments — are likely to contribute to an ongoing humanitarian crisis” in South Sudan.

Source: Daily Nation February 02, 2019 18:00 UTC