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The United Nations Security Council Resolution 2628 has authorized the African Union Peace and Security Council to reconfigure AMISOM and replace it with the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), with effect from 1 April 2022.

PRESS RELEASE

TFG / AMISOM secure remaining al shabaab strongholds in Mogadishu

In operations lasting 48hrs, combined TFG and AMISOM forces have pushed forward and taken the remaining Al Shabaab strongholds in the far North East of Mogadishu.

AMISOM can confirm that the former Pasta Factory and critical junction, Ex Control Bal’ad, are now in Government hands. Operations will now focus on the environs of the city and policing within the liberated areas.

AMISOM Spokesman, Lt Colonel Paddy Ankunda, said:

“Our joint operations have gone extremely well today and over the weekend.  Casualties have been thankfully very low on our side, with just one killed and six minor injuries.  The outer North and Eastern fringes of the city must still be cleared, but key ground and buildings are no longer under the control of the extremists.

“It has been a big achievement to remove Al Shabaab from the city, and put an end to the fighting that disrupted so many lives.  But the challenge is now to protect civilians from the sort of terror attack we saw last week, as they attempt to rebuild their lives.  This is a very different challenge and one that requires all of us to work together with the Government, to be vigilant and to reject criminal and lawless behaviour wherever we find it.”