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Mahbub Abdillahi

Mahbub Abdillahi is a Somali journalist and editor.

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A U.S. soldier salutes as a formation of Somali soldiers stand at attention facing the Somali and U.S. flags, which hang from military vehicles during a joint ceremony in Somalia.

Somalia’s uncertain hand-off

As the UN and the US pull back from Somalia’s security architecture within months of each other, Mogadishu insists it is ready. The gap between that confidence and the country’s political reality tells a different story.