Layoffs, asset sales signal end of Somalia’s security mission
More layoffs are expected in the coming days as the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (Unsos) begins to shrink. The civilians will go first. Then the support structure. Then the police officers and soldiers who depend on it.
The United Nations has begun laying off staff and preparing to sell mission assets in Somalia as a deepening funding crisis threatens the logistical backbone of the country's international security operation.
Ten civilian employees of the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team (AU-UN IST) have been notified that their contracts will end by September 10, while the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (Unsos) has launched plans to auction equipment ranging from vehicles and heavy machinery to IT and medical assets.
