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Somali National Army trainee soldiers take part in military drills in Hiilweyne training institute in a military base north of Mogadishu on April 21, 2025 in Mogadishu, Somalia. Two thousand men are being trained at the base, which came under attack for the first time last week when militant group Al-Shabaab fired a mortar round into the grounds, killing one trainee and injuring two others, accounting to commanders at the base. There are concerns of a jihadist resurgence in Somalia amid growing attacks by Al-Shabaab, which has been fighting the government for nearly two decades and controls swathes of the southern and central parts of the country. Last week, Al-Shabaab fighters raided the strategically important town of Adan Yabaal, north of Mogadishu, prompting a U.S.-backed airstrike on the militants. Besides the United States, Somali also has support from other international partners, including the African Union's new Stabilization and Support mission in Somalia, known as AUSSOM. But there is uncertainty about the future of AUSSOM's mandate after the U.S. recently objected to a United Nations proposal for funding the mission. (Photo by Ed Ram/Getty Images)
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