Sounds like damage control after Afghanistan. The article says Al Shabab has 10,000 fighters in the organization. In the backwaters of Africa an organized force of 10,000 fighters is a significant number. And one has to wonder just how much support is this AQ affiliate receiving out of Afghanistan, through Pakistani ISS.
Let’s take a walk down memory lane when a 5 star military General, leader of WWII and then POTUS as he was leaving office, gave us all a warning about something he knew as much about, as anyone who ever lived.
There doesn’t appear to be any “headline” terrorist groups in Congo right now. Having said that, American troops are already in DRC fighting the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an ISIS affiliate.