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The United Nations Security Council has extended the mission of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) up to October 2, 2025, as sanctioned by resolution 2699 (2023).It also reminded Haiti and the MSS leadership to routinely update the Secretary-General and the Council on deployment progress.Working under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, this extension pushed the original end date from October 2, 2024.The Council announced its intent to consider a UN Peace Operation to assist the Haitian National Police (HNP) in maintaining…

NAIROBI, Kenya - Amidst escalating tensions between Ethiopia and Somalia regarding breaches of sovereignty, Addis Ababa has firmly opposed Egypt’s involvement in Somalia’s peacekeeping mission, sowing further discord. Somalia has thrown its support behind Egypt to lead the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), which is set to supplant the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) come January 2025, effectively excluding Ethiopia from the framework. Tarekegn Bululta, Ethiopia's State…

Langley spoke to reporters virtually on Thursday, discussing a mission greenlit by the U.N. Security Council over two years ago. The mission aims to stabilize Somalia after years of conflict with the militant group al-Shabab. He hinted that Somali military efforts are zeroing in on freeing and securing areas in the southern and central regions.

Fréderic Bontems, special envoy for the Sahel at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stayed in Cotonou for 24 hours. This is his first assignment to Benin since taking office. With the many terrorist attacks registered in northern Benin, the country is of…

The European External Action Service, led by Josep Borrell, wrote to Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop on March 9, asking for guarantees to uphold the EUTM mission to train Malian armed forces. as…

Arab states be a part of Somalia in drought response mission Cairo, Egypt - Arab League states have joined Somalia within the battle to mitigate the consequences of drought within the Horn of Africa nation, which has left dozens lifeless and others displaced in keeping with the United Nations. Abdisaid Musa Ali, the Foreign Minister, held a gathering with the Secretary General of Arab States,…

The African Union's mission in Somalia is in depth. Amisom's mandate, in place since 2007, would finish at the top of 2021. But the AU and the Somali authorities have signed an settlement: the power, which incorporates greater than 19,000 troops, will stay, however in a modified format. as reported from Nairobi, Albane…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Just over four months before theend of the mandate of the troops in the nation of Somalia, the African Union reached an agreement with the Federal Government of Somalia on the future of the armed forces of the African Union Mission in Somalia's Horn of Africa. A resolution adopted in June agreed that AMISOM troops would remain in Somalia until December 2021 and then leave for their respective countries, but Somalia opposed the measure due to the threat posedbyAl-Shabaab in the country. and FGS…

The rivers Tshikapa, Kasaï, Fimi and Kwilu have been affected by significant pollution since the end of July. Fish and aquatic animals were found dead. According to the Congolese authorities, this pollution is due to the activity in a diamond mine in the Angolan province of Lunda Norte, where Tshikapa comes from. According to the government, 13 of the 18 health zones in Kasai province are affected and…

The High Representative of the African Union for the political transition of Chad, who already occupied the post of Special Envoy for the same organization, will land in Ndjamena on Sunday to "take up his post". His arrival was eagerly awaited in Chad, the only African country that has not been sanctioned by the AU since the…