MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – New UN-AU joint troops are expected to deploy in Somalia to replace forces of the Africa Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) thanks to the approval by African Union Security Council following a meeting by the members in Addis Ababa.
In a communique, the Council has thrown their weight behind the proposal to deploy a joint AU-UN force to replace Amisom by the end of this year.
The council said following a meeting last week that it was adopting the AU-UN Multidimensional Stabilization Mission in Somalia, deployed under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, ‘which would ensure predictable and sustainable multi-year financing for the future mission, through UN assessed contributions.’
The statement appealed to the UN Security Council, in light of the complexity of the discussions on such a transition and the fragility of the security situation in Somalia.
“And in order to ensure that there is no disruption which could heighten the security threat posed by al-Shabaab, to consider a technical roll-over of the AMISOM mandate, while discussions continue on the details and modalities for the transition towards the post-2021 arrangement,” the statement said.
In 2007, African Union (AU) had deployed troops in Somalia to help the government stabilize the nation which recovering from a deadly civil war.
The troops contributed by Uganda, Burundi, Kenya, Djibouti and Ethiopia had supported the Somali military drove al-Shabaab out of many towns including the capital, Mogadishu.
The mission also trained many Somali soldiers including military and police officers.
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