AU ‘strongly supports’ Somali plea to slow troop pull-out

Nairobi (AFP) June 21, 2024

The African Union backed Somalia’s request to slow the withdrawal of its troops fighting Islamist militants and called for a new international force to replace the AU peacekeeping mission.

Al-Shabaab, an Al-Qaeda-affiliated group, has been waging a deadly insurgency against the fragile central government in Mogadishu for more than 17 years.

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