Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/19/us-calls-on-somalia-to-hold-elections-immediately
Somalia has missed the deadline to hold elections by February 8 when President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed was due to step down, sparking a constitutional crisis in the already-fragile state. A coalition of opposition candidates now considers the president to be illegitimate and wants him to resign. The United States called on Somalia to hold elections right away and end a deadlock that is threatening the strife-torn Horn of Africa country. This is not the first time the US has called on Mogadishu to overcome political jostling and hold an election. Washington said the gridlock has led to a lack of progress in the fight against al-Shabab, which continues to carry out attacks in the country.
The United States obviously needs Somalia to get its election back and under control to be able to work with them with the al-Shabaab terrorist attacks. I don’t really know the whole situation in Somalia and if their people do not really want to work with the United States government, that could be why they are opposing the current political leader. I just do not understand why people not wanting someone to be their leader is affecting when elections happen or not. If the united states could help with the terrorism in the country then why not let them come in and help? But I also know that there are a lot of people who do not agree with American policy.
The United States is involving itself in the Somaila election because they believe that their government that could come into power from the election could help them with the al-Shabab terrorist group. This is an example of the United States getting involved in other parts of the world for their own benefit, because we all know countries do not go out of their way to help other countries unless they get something out of it. Obviously Somalia is able to help the United States with the terrorist group al-Shabab or else they would not really bother themselves with Somalia or their election.