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Africa: Uganda Calls for Sustainable Funding of AU Peace Operations
Nile Post, 28 August 2022
Uganda has called for a sustainable funding to the African Union peace support operations wherever they are on the continent. Read more »
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Africa: Japan's TICAD May Be Upstaged By China, but Remains Important
ISS, 26 August 2022
Japan is using this week's TICAD8 summit in Tunisia to lay down markers about Russia and China. Read more »
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Radio Dalsan, 12 March 2022
The Ugandan government has said its troops will remain in Somalia despite the Amisom transition to the African Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS). Read more »
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Uganda: The Head of AMISOM Commends Uganda for Its Contribution to Security in Somalia
Radio Dalsan, 12 October 2021
The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the Commission (SRCC) and Head of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), Ambassador Francisco Madeira, has commended Uganda… Read more »
Uganda Calls for Sustainable Funding For AU Peace Initiatives
Uganda has for the past 15 years been part of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) that ensured Somalia was liberated from Al-Shabaab militants. Created in 2007, AMISOM was meant to support the government in Mogadishu and key installations against attack. The same year, Uganda became the first country to send troops to Somalia and this opened a way for other countries, including Djibouti, Burundi, Kenya and Ethiopia to assist in the mission.
Speaking during the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) meeting in Tunisia, the Ugandan Foreign Affairs Minister, General Jeje Odongo, said the gains made so far in Somalia and other African areas by the AU forces, ought to be protected. "Peace, security and stability is the overarching framework for inclusive and sustainable development and socio- economic transformation of Africa. However, without a sustainable and predictable way of funding the African Union peace support operations, it is likely, we may not be able to preserve the gains made thus far," Odongo said.
The Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) is a summit, where the Japanese Prime Minister invites all leaders from African countries.
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Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) prepare to deploy near the Somali capital of Mogadishu in an area that became home to a large refugee population (file photo).
