Eight military chiefs from African countries that contribute troops to Somalia approved a strategic document that will guide security operations and the eventual of AU troops from Somalia.
On Thursday 6/12/2018, The African Union mission said that the new concept of operations (CONOPs) aims to provide a frame of AMSOM troops’ operations from 2018 to 2021 marking the final phase of the AMISOM’s shift and its subsequent exit from Somalia.
The mission reported that military, police chiefs and representatives of AMISOM troop and police from Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia,Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zambia approved CONOPs during a meeting held on Sunday 2/12/2018.
The meeting called on Somali government and leadership to conduct effective security forces that will effectively take country’s security responsibilities once AMISOM troops exit Somalia.
