Though Somalia says the raid was repelled, the major attack nevertheless came just days after a similar raid was conducted on a Ugandan military base in southern Somalia.
The U.S.-Africa partnership in the fight against HIV/AIDS created a historic precedent that will inform the scope and scale of future global health and development campaigns. Over the past eight years,U.S.-Africa political and economic cooperation have intensified toaddress shared interests. Historically high levels of aid to Africashould continue because strengthened African partners are in theU.S. national interest.