NTV Uganda
Thursday June 15, 2023
A delegation from the African Union (AU) Military Staff Committee which form part of the AU Peace and Security Council has concluded a fact-finding mission to Somalia to assess the security situation ahead of the planned reduction of ATMIS troops at the end of this month and in September 2023.
The 23-member visiting delegation which included Defence Attaches from 17 African countries held the last of a series of meetings with the leadership of ATMIS, the Federal Government of Somalia and the United Nations in Mogadishu on the draw-down of 2000 ATMIS Troops scheduled for the end of June. The SRCC and Head of ATMIS, Ambassador Mohamed El-Amine Soyef, said ATMIS remains committed to handing over security responsibilities to the Federal Government of Somalia.