African Union chairperson Moussa Faki has condemned an attack on the institution’s military base in central Somalia where Burundian soldiers house. Al-Shabab militants are accused of carrying out the attack in which 170 soldiers reportedly died. But the AU has not yet released the number of casualties in the attack …
Read More »Somalia: AU envoy ordered to leave the country
The African Union (AU) special representative in Somalia, Simon Mulongo, has been declared persona non grata and given seven days to leave this country in the Horn of Africa. The special AU envoy is accused of engaging in activities that were incompatible with the mandate of Amisom (African Union Mission …
Read More »AU mission denies involvement in Somalia fighting
The African Union mission in Somalia (Amisom) has denied it supported government troops in recent clashes with the Ahlu Sunna wal Jama’a Sufi militia in the central town of Guriel, BBC News reports. The AU mission, accused of supporting Somali federal troops during recent clashes with the Sufi militia Ahlu …
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