Somalia's Minister of Defense, Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur, hosted a meeting with James Swan, the Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, at the Ministry of Defense ...

The collapse of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in 2021 offers crucial lessons for Somalia as it transitions from relying on external military support to taking full ...

Reliable sources say Defense Minister Musse will meet President Mohamud to discuss Ethiopia’s participation in the new African Union Support and Stabilisation mission (AUSSOM). Mussa’s visit is ...

The Ugandan military said on Tuesday that it will send more peacekeeping troops to Somalia following the exit of those deployed by Burundi under the A ...

Somalia and Egypt have wrapped up technical talks on Egypt's role in the AUSSOM mission, aimed at combating terrorism in Somalia, officials said on Wednesday.During the discussions in Cairo, Egypt ...

"The Federal Government of Somalia today finalized technical discussions with the Arab Republic of Egypt on their ...

Somalia also finalizes technical discussions with Egypt on its participation in new African Union peacekeeping mission in ...

The Federal Government of Somalia has on Monday officially concluded a series of technical discussions with the Arab Republic of Egypt concerning Egypt's involvement in the AUSSOM (African Union ...

By Befikadu Bogale, Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA).

Aussom is scraping by on funds from the AU Peace Fund, which is enough to support the mission for the next four months only.

Successive forces have come through the revovling doors of the Horn of Africa nation and gone out without implementing a ...