UN approves new AU force to take on Al-Shabaab in Somalia

The resolution was adopted by 14 of the Council's 15 member states on December 27, 2024, while the United States abstained due to reservations about funding.

African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) soldiers carry the wreckage of a vehicle at the scene of suicide bombing that targeted AMISOM forces in Mogadishu, Somalia, on November 11, 2021. (Photo by AFP)

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The UN Security Council has given the green light to a new African Union force in Somalia that is

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UN approves new AU force to take on Al-Shabaab in Somalia

The resolution was adopted by 14 of the Council's 15 member states on December 27, 2024, while the United States abstained due to reservations about funding.

African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) soldiers carry the wreckage of a vehicle at the scene of suicide bombing that targeted AMISOM forces in Mogadishu, Somalia, on November 11, 2021. (Photo by AFP)

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