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Somalia: U.S. Opposes UN Plan to Fund African Union Mission in Somalia
Shabelle, 18 April 2025
The United States has openly rejected a United Nations proposal to fund the African Union's new Stabilization and Support mission in Somalia, known as AUSSOM, which began… Read more »
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Somalia: Somalia Accuses AU Mission Head of Supporting Al-Shabaab, Signals Potential Expulsion
Shabelle, 18 April 2025
Somalia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Moallim Fiqi, has issued a strong statement against the Acting Head of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), Amb.… Read more »
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Radio Dalsan, 16 April 2025
A new contingent of troops from Djibouti, part of the African Union Mission in Somalia (#AUSSOM), has arrived in Beletweyne, marking a significant step in enhancing security in… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Al Shabaab Fires Mortar Bombs Into AUSSOM's Base Camp in Mogadishu With No Causalities
ENA, 6 April 2025
The African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) revealed that Al Shabaab militants fired several mortar bombs into its Base Camp in Mogadishu on Sunday… Read more »
Funding For African Union Mission in Somalia Under Scrutiny
The U.S. has opposed a UN proposal on funding the African Union's new "stabilization and support" mission in Somalia, sparking significant concern about the future of the force. A spokesperson for the U.S. State Department said Somalia is not a suitable testing ground for the proposed hybrid funding model.
The U.S. decision comes ahead of a scheduled May 15 vote by the UN Security Council on the new joint financing mechanism for the force.
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Burundi, a major contributor to African Union peacekeeping forces in Somalia for 17 years, has decided not to participate in the African Union Support Mission in Somalia (AUS Read more »
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Seventeen years after the African Union first deployed a mission in Somalia to weaken the violent extremist group al-Shabaab, the country is preparing for its third peace support ... Read more »
African Union Mission soldiers and the Somali National Army patrolling (file photo).
