Somalia is still fragile: What the new AU mission can do to help stabilise it

Somalia officers in African Union’s peacekeeping mission

African Union’s peacekeeping mission in Somalia officers. The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has ended its 15-year political and military experiment in post-conflict state building. PHOTO | AFP 

The African Union Mission in Somalia – AMISOM – has ended its 15-year political and military experiment in post-conflict state building. On 1 April 2022, a shift took place as the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) came into being.

The transition’s mission is to pave the way for lasting peace and stability in the Horn of Africa country.