Burundi’s Gains in Somali War: Cash Money

[Jiiroow Bakaal]

How Burundi ended up in Somalia is just one example. Bujumbura sends its young men to battle because doing so has allowed the country to build, equip, and train a stronger army – and to do it on someone else’s tab. The United States is training the country’s army; the African Union (with European support) pays soldiers’ salaries while they are in theater. Those savings, plus compensation for troops and equipment, mean that Burundi earns about $45 million annually from its participation – and to boot, the country’s fractured military is finally faced with the most uniting force of all: a common enemy, one that isn’t at home in Burundi.

 

“[Participating in AMISOM] has helped us to create a strong national force – and a professional one,” explains Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, a former head of state and now a senator in Burundi who advocated for sending troops to Somalia.

 

 

http://www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/print/content/view/print/441092

[Jiiroow Bakaal]

Ethiopia

Kenya

Uganda

Djabouti

Sierra Leone

 

Somalia waa musqul quruntey

[Shinbir Majabe]

Sierra Leone?? :D or you meant Burundi?