AMISOM, tasked with supporting the Somali government, currently has 22,126 personnel deployed in the country, including both military and police, according to its website.

“AMISOM will help the transitional government in all ways possible, and if that is one of the ways they require us to help them, we will. As you know, part of our responsibility is to support ...

Indeed, AMISOM was largely restricted to helping to keep open Mogadishu’s air and sea ports, and helping to protect the TFG’s president and prime minister. These tasks also meant that AMISOM had to ...

AMISOM currently numbers 22,000 troops from its five contributing countries. Somalia has long planned to build and train an army of equal size, but those plans have not come to fruition.

AMISOM soldiers patrol in the Somali capital Mogadishu, April 12, 2015. The 22,000-strong force plays a crucial role in maintaining security in Somalia, in the face of a looming threat from Al-Shabab.

AMISOM is drawing down forces in Somalia as the security situation deteriorates where there are over 500 U.S. troops currently serving in the war-torn region ...

AMISOM troops, particularly Ugandan ones, have committed numerous human rights violations, including the sexual abuse of Somali girls and women, and are notoriously corrupt.

Nearly 30 military officers from African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troop contributing countries met in Nairobi, Kenya, for a staff officers course administered by the U.S. State Department ...

African Union Mission in Somalia and Somali combat medics participated in the AMISOM Sector Medical Conference in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sept. 5-7, 2016, to exchange best medical practices in combat ...

Every AMISOM soldier is given training on Somali culture and “good conduct and discipline, particularly regarding sexual behavior” before deployment to the country, the statement said.

On Jan. 15, al-Shabaab’s Saleh Nabhan brigade claimed responsibility for overrunning a forward operating base of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) at El Adde in Somalia’s Gedo ...