Thursday, March 7, 2013

U.N. security council extends African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia for another year

The Security Council yesterday extended for another year the mandate of the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia, as it continues to consider a revised United Nations presence there, and partially lifted the 20-year-old arms embargo imposed on the country.

Created and operated by the African Union in January 2007, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) received a UN mandate from the Security Council the following month, and has been renewed ever since. It is mandated to

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