VOA Exclusive: US AFRICOM Commander Says Russian Mercenaries in Mali

The U.S. is still training and building up Somalia's vanguard Danab forces, which came under review late last year; albeit that work has slowed a bit while the threat from al-Shabab continues to grow, according to Townsend. "If increased pressure is not applied to al-Shabab, I'm concerned there's going to be a significant al-Shabab attack," he told VOA. Below is a transcript of the interview, edit

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