U.S. Air Force Gen. Dagvin Anderson, commander, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), and AFRICOM senior leaders meet with Somaliland’s President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi and Somaliland senior government and military leadership to discuss shared security objectives in Hargeisa, Somaliland, Nov. 26, 2025. During the engagement, Anderson emphasized that countering terrorism is a shared responsibility that no single nation can shoulder alone. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth Tucceri)
U.S. Air Force Gen. Dagvin Anderson, commander, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Garric Banfield, AFRICOM command senior enlisted leader, and AFRICOM senior leaders pose for a photo with U.S. and Puntland Defense Force leadership, including Gen. Adan Abdi Hashi, chief of defense forces, Puntland Defense Forces, after a meeting with the vice president of Somalia’s member state of Puntland Vice President Ilyas Osman Lugatoor, Nov. 27, 2025, in Bosaso, Puntland, Somalia. During the meeting Anderson praised Puntland’s maximum-pressure campaign against ISIS in the Golis Mountains. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth Tucceri)
U.S. Air Force Gen. Dagvin Anderson, commander, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), meets with President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, president of Somaliland, in Hargeisa, Somaliland, Nov. 26, 2025. The meeting was part of Gen. Anderson’s trip in East Africa to meet with government and defense leaders to strengthen America’s strategic approach to confronting terrorism through mutual engagement, stronger cooperation, and aligned security priorities. (U.S. Army photo by Cpt. Ubon Mendie)
U.S. Air Force Gen. Dagvin Anderson, commander, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), and AFRICOM senior leaders tour the Port of Berbera to assess the security environment and review the port’s operational capacity in Berbera, Somaliland, Nov. 26, 2025. The visit was part of an East Africa trip which featured stops in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Hargeisa, Somaliland and Bosaso in Somalia’s member state of Puntland. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth Tucceri)
U.S. Forces Conduct Strikes Targeting ISIS-Somalia
7:37 PM11/20/2025
In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted a series of airstrikes targeting ISIS-Somalia on Nov. 19, 2025.