Somalia
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ATMIS
African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (Other)
Authorization date: 03/22
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EUCAP Somalia
EU Capacity Building Mission in Somalia (EU)
former EUCAP Nestor (2012)
Authorization date: 12/16
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UNSOM
United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UN-Peacebuilding)
Authorization date: 06/13
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EUTM Somalia
EU Military Mission to Contribute to the Training of Somali Security Forces (EU)
Authorization date: 02/10
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Military chiefs of troop contributing countries for the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) say they are on course to continue their gradual withdrawal of forces, signalling a handover of security duties to Mogadishu as planned.
The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) has condemned a terrorist attack on a military academy in the capital, Mogadishu, which killed at least 25 soldiers on Monday.
The Security Council today unanimously adopted a resolution extending by six months until December the mandate for the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), in support of the Government’s preparation for phase two and the Mission’s troop drawdown.
Ahead of this month-end (June) reduction of two thousand troops serving under the ATMIS (African Union Transition Mission in Somalia) a second forward operating (FOB) was handed to the Somali National Army (SNA).
Despite gains made in tackling terrorism and advancing the electoral process in Somalia, top UN officials warned the Security Council on Thursday that extra effort and funding are needed to address multiple threats, from climate shocks to spates of violence amid a looming food crisis.
Despite gains made in tackling terrorism and advancing the electoral process in Somalia, top UN officials warned the Security Council on Thursday that extra effort and funding are needed to address multiple threats, from climate shocks to spates of violence amid a looming food crisis.
[…] "The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (Atmis) has started to drawdown in compliance with (UN Resolutions) which mandate Atmis to drawdown 2,000 soldiers by the end of June 2023," it said in a statement.
[…] The number of terrorism-related incidents in the first quarter of 2023 surpassed all previous quarterly averages on record since 2016.
Fifty-four Ugandan peacekeepers died when militants besieged an African Union base in Somalia last week, Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, has said, in one of the worst recent attacks by al-Shabaab jihadists in the war-torn country.
Somalia has launched an overhaul of its political system, with an agreement signed on Sunday between the government and the federated states providing for the introduction of direct universal suffrage from 2024 and the transition to a presidential system.