UN approves new AU force to take on Al-Shabaab in Somalia

The resolution was adopted by 14 of the Council's 15 member states on December 27, 2024, while the United States abstained due to reservations about funding.

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African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) soldiers carry the wreckage of a vehicle at the scene of suicide bombing that targeted AMISOM forces in Mogadishu, Somalia, on November 11, 2021. (Photo by AFP)