The United States has said it will prevent the United Nations supporting an African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia from the start of next year, two
documents showed, in a move that officials said is likely to end its operations.
The nearly 12,000-strong AU mission props up the fragile government in Mogadishu, helping it push back al Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab militants, whose previous offensives have brought them within striking distance of the capital and who control large swaths of the countryside in southern and central Somalia.
However, the mission, known as the AU Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), relies heavily on U.N. support for essential logistics such as food, water, fuel, medical services and transportation of troops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The United States has said it will prevent the United Nations supporting an African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia from the start of next year, twodocuments showed, in a move that officials said is likely to end its operations.The nearly 12,000-strong AU mission props up the fragile government in Mogadishu, helping it push back al […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n