there is one oasis of sustainability, somaliland. i would like to hear comments as to how to better recognize somaliland in the global community with an eye towards building sustainable peace. i think you and neil back to my good friend. >> thank you very much. i now see that the chair of the subcommittee on middle east west africa and global terrorism representative deutch is with us. i know that they have called votes, but i think we have a few minutes and maybe we can get the right chair and drinking member. >> thanks for holding today's joint hearing. thanks to your ongoing commitment to highlighting these issues and all of the issues facing africa. to our witnesses, thank you. we will examine the can't -- the conflict where terrorists and nonstate actors have wreaked havoc. violent groups like boko haram and al qaeda and others have been inspired, and in many cases active their group -- actively recruited and funded by isis. terror threats have morphed and metastasized, africa became fertile ground for training and recruiting. h

i would like to hear comments from state and usaid as to how to better recognize the somaliland in the global community with a goal towards sustainable peace. i will yield back to my good friend. >> thank you v very much, mr. smith. i now see that the chair of the subcommittee on middle east north africa and global counterterrorism is with us. iha know that they've called votes, but i think that we have a few minutes. thank you very much for holding today's joint hearing and thanks to your commitment to highlighting these issues and to the witnesses thanks for being here. violentgr extremist groups have been inspired and in many cases actively recruited and funded by al qaeda and isis. africa became fertile ground for training and recruiting. human rights abuses have taken placece and dire humanitarian crises have arisen in the wake of their terror. as part of the development programs the last 20 years the majority of the military footprint has been rooted in counterterrorism operations. comparatively it is described as light but in the years after 9/11 the u.s. has significantly incre

i would like to hear comments how to better recognize somaliland in the global community with an eye towards a sustainable peace. i think you, and healed back the balance of my time. >> thank you, mister smith. i now see the chair of the subcommittee on middle east, north africa and global, representative deutsch is with us. they've called votes but we have a few minutes, maybe we can get the chair and ranking member. >> thanks for holding today's joint hearing and thanks to your ongoing commitment to highlighting these issues and all the issues facing africa. we will examine the conflicts across the african continent where nonstate actors have wreaked havoc. violent extremist groups like al qaeda and the islamic and others have been inspired and in many cases actively recruited and funded by al qaeda and isis. in the 20 years since 9/11 terror threats have metastasized, africa became fertile ground for training and recruiting. horrific human rights abuses have taken place with dire humanitarian crises have arisen in the wake of their terror. the us funded humanist arena development