What is the fate of Amisom as Somalia mandate expires?
Amisom’s mandate from the UN Security Council is set to expire on December 31, 2021, with little sign that Somali security forces would be able to immediately step into the mission’s shoes were Amisom to pull out. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
Fourteen years after it was deployed to fight al-Shabaab’s Islamist insurgency, the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) is at a crossroads. Amisom’s mandate from the UN Security Council is set to expire on December 31, 2021, with little sign that Somali security forces would be able to immediately step into the mission’s shoes were Amisom to pull out.
Key partners mostly agree that Amisom’s sudden withdrawal would embolden al-Shabaab but views diverge about the mission’s future.
