Somali News
Stakeholders finalize AUSSOM Force Structure and Deployment Plans in Mogadishu
Mogadishu, 26 March 2025 – The Peace Support Operations Division (PSOD) of the African Union Commission (AUC), Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and representatives from AUSSOM Troop and Police Contributing Countries have concluded a four-day technical working session to finalize the capabilities, force composition, and deployment plans of the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM).
The workshop, an important step toward the closure and liquidation of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) and the startup for AUSSOM, which becomes fully operational by 1 July 2025, was a follow-on session from the Somalia Operations Coordination Committee (SOCC) meeting which took place in February 2025 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with Chiefs of Defense Forces, Inspectors General of Police, and Ministers of Defence and Security from both Troop and Police Contributing Countries (T/PCCs) to define the operational roadmap for AUSSOM.
