Diplomats warn they will not guarantee their stay in Somalia since the security situation there does not guarantee their safety.
Increased attacks on government officials including politicians is on the rise.
Al-Shabaab are targeting aid workers, foreign embassy officials, and foreign company workers.
U.N. Special Representative Nicholas Kay said attacks that cause “significant losses” would likely force international officials to leave or, at least, pare down their missions in the Somali capital of Mogadishu.
There has been a decline in the effectiveness of the policing role in Mogadishu.
Either Al-Shabaab has devised new ways to increase their capacity or they have infiltrated the police and military deep enough to launch such successful attacks as witnessed in recent past.
UN officials have been killed while aid workers have also been abducted or killed.
Several countries including Great Britain, Turkey, Sudan, Libya and Yemen, and The European Union have embassies in Mogadishu.
