UN: The UN Security Council on Friday gave the green light to a new African Union force in Somalia that is meant to take on the Islamist armed group Al-Shabab, with the soldiers due to deploy in January.
\nThe resolution was adopted by 14 of the Council\u2019s 15 member states, while the United States abstained due to reservations about funding.
\nIt provides for the replacement of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), whose mandate ends on December 31, by the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM).
\nSomalia is one of the world\u2019s poorest countries, enduring decades of civil war, a bloody insurgency by the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabab, and frequent climate disasters.
\nRepresentatives from Somalia and its western neighbor Ethiopia were invited to participate in the council\u2019s meeting, although they were not allowed to vote.
\n\u201cWe emphasize that the current AUSSOM troops allocations are completed through bilateral agreements,\u201d said the Somali representative, adding 11,000 troops were currently pledged.
\nOn Monday, Egypt\u2019s foreign minister announced his country would take part in the new force.
\nTensions flared in the Horn of Africa after Ethiopia signed a maritime deal in January with the breakaway region of Somaliland, pushing Mogadishu closer to Addis Ababa\u2019s regional rival Cairo.
\nThis month, Turkiye brokered a deal to end the nearly year-long bitter dispute between Somalia and Ethiopia, although Ethiopian troops would not be involved in the new AU force.
\nBurundi will not be taking part in the new force either, a Burundian military source told AFP on condition of anonymity.
\nThe text adopted by the UN Security Council provides for the possibility of using a mechanism that it created last year, under which an African force deployed with the green light of the UN can be up to 75 percent financed by the UN.
\n\u201cIn our view, the conditions have not been met for immediate transition to application of\u201d that measure, US representative Dorothy Shea said, justifying her country\u2019s abstention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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