AU Security Council proposes new Somalia mission to support state-building

The Somali National Army soldiers now monitor the streets after assuming control from ATMIS at Jowhar Town Forward Operating Base (FOB)/ATMIS. The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) has greenlit a fresh AU-led mission to take the place of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS). Following their 1217th assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Thursday, a communique revealed that the PSC prioritizes the new mission in undermining the Al Shabaab terror outfit. The Council added that the mission…