Somalia: UN Extends AMISON Mandate by 12 Months

Kenya Defence Forces will be in Somalia for longer after the United Nations Security Council extended the mandate of Amison for a further one year. Defence Cabinet Secretary Raychell Omamo on Thursday said Kenya welcomed the extension of the mandate of the African Union Mission in Somalia.

"The presence of KDF men in Somalia has helped not only weaken the Al-Shabaab but the liberation of key towns," she said.

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