UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Recommends AU Maintain Troops in Somalia Until 2023

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres recommended to the Security Council (UNSC) that African Union to maintain peacekeepers in Somalia until 2023. The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) which comprises of at least 20,000 soldiers, police and civilians are tasked in supporting the weak Federal Government of Somalia fight the jihadist insurgents. The call for extension...