Somalia’s representative to the United Nations, Abu Bakr Dahir Osman, accused the Ethiopian forces of “carrying out illegal incursions across the common border between the two countries, which led to confrontations with the Somali security forces.”

Osman said, “The recent action taken by Ethiopia forced his country to postpone the withdrawal of the African Union Mission in Somalia forces from next July to next September.”

About 3,000 Ethiopian soldiers are stationed in Somalia, a country located in the Horn of Africa, as part of the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia, “Atmis,” which is fighting the Al-Shabaab rebel movement.

There are also between 5 and 7 thousand additional Ethiopian soldiers in a number of Somali regions under a bilateral agreement between the two countries.
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The African Union has approved the deployment of a newly formed force to take over security operations in the country when the current mandate of the African Union Mission to Somalia (ATMIS) expires at the end of this year, according to the Somali website “Radio Dalsan”.

The African Union “Peace and Security Council” approved the formation of the ‘African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM)” following a meeting held in Addis Ababa last week.

The Somali website noted that, according to the “Peace and Security Council” statement, the African Union Mission to Support Stabilization in Somalia will be tasked with “post-conflict reconstruction and development, as well as peacebuilding components,” a significant expansion of the previous mandate.
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