 According to the Department of State, the decision was made in recognition of the significant progress that the Somali authorities had achieved on both the political and war fronts.A senior American government official also indicated after the announcement that the United States could eventually reopen its embassy in Mogadishu.Since the reopening of the U.S. Mission to Somalia in fall of 2013, the United States has continued to be represented in Somalia by a special envoy based in Nairobi and titled a Special Representative.