Bancroft Global Development, U.S. Group, Advises African Troops In Somalia

MOGADISHU (Keydmedia) — On the front lines of Mogadishu's streets, Islamist militants battle African Union troops. Standing alongside the peacekeepers are members of an American-run team of advisers, former military men who play a little-known but key role in the war against Al-Shabab.

Article Keydmedia Online
21 August 2011

Aside from covert raids by special operations forces, the U.S. government has not been involved militarily in Somalia since the intervention almost two decades ago that culminated in the Black Hawk Down battle. But a Washington-based company has been quietly working in one of the world