AMISOM’s withdrawal: what prospects for Somalia without international support?

  The AU has announced a cessation of its 22,000 strong peacekeeping mission currently operating in Somalia by the end of 2017. The decision was accelerated in August by a 20 per cent financial cut in sponsorship from the European Union, which forced the Ugandan government, AMISOM’s largest military contingent to initiate a unilateral withdrawal […]

PublishedSeptember 26th, 2016 Author Legacy
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• Africa
• Africa Brief
• Blog
• Featured
• Situation Analysis & Special Reports
• Africa Brief
• African Union
• Counter-Terrorism
• CVE
• DDR
• EU
• Peacekeeping
• Somalia

Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/09/somalia-withdrawal/

Government and opposition to work together for peace in Mali

  The once tense relations between President Keita of Mali, and leader of the opposition Soumalia Cissé have been tempered in recent weeks, as both parties have agreed to work together to find a solution to the country’s rapidly escalating internal conflict. The two met on September 9th to begin the first of a series […]

PublishedSeptember 12th, 2016 Author Legacy
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• Africa
• Africa Brief
• Blog
• Featured
• Africa Brief
• Mali
• Peacekeeping
• UN

Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/09/government-and-opposition-to-work-together-for-peace-in-mali/