Ethiopia Is Officially Not Taking Part Of AUSSOM After Sticking To It's MOU

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Ethiopian troops excluded from Somalia's new AU mission due to Somaliland MoU agreement

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali government has announced that Ethiopian troops will not participate in the upcoming African Union (AU) mission set to replace the current African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) in January 2025.

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Saturday November 9, 2024

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali government has announced that Ethiopian troops will not participate in the upcoming African Union (AU) mission set to replace the current African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) in January 2025.

Somali Defense Minister Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur Jama confirmed the decision during an interview with Somali National Television on Saturday, attributing the exclusion to Ethiopia's alleged violation of Somalia's sovereignty.

"Ethiopian forces have been officially excluded from the new AUSSOM mission of the African Union forces in Somalia starting early in 2025 because Ethiopia has violated the independence and territorial integrity of Somalia," Minister Jama stated.

The new mission, named the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), will follow the transition from the AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS). Egypt and Djibouti have offered to support the new mission.

The decision follows escalating tensions over Ethiopia's recent Memorandum of Understanding with Somaliland, signed in early 2024. This agreement grants Ethiopia potential sea access in exchange for Somaliland recognition—an arrangement Somalia has vehemently opposed, deeming it an infringement on its sovereignty. Somali leaders have asserted that Ethiopian forces would only be welcomed in future AU missions if Addis Ababa retracts the Somaliland deal.

Ethiopia currently maintains around 3,000 troops in Somalia under the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) and has an additional 5,000 to 7,000 soldiers in other regions through a bilateral pact.

 

[TekNiKo]

No more Aidstopia great job Hassan Sheekh they must leave Gedo

 

[ila-soco]

Incoming op-eds from European homosexuals about how this is “fuelling the conflict”. You can’t touch the sacred cow

 

[Garaad Awal]

No more Aidstopia great job Hassan Sheekh they must leave Gedo

Ethiopians aren’t leaving tho

 

[TekNiKo]

Ethiopians aren’t leaving tho

When their pockets are empty and they are starving due to no budgetary support from the West they will leave.

 

[Abdisamad]

Ethiopians aren’t leaving tho

They'll leave sooner or later.. It's just a question of time.. But what will you do when they leave? Dumb seccesionist idoor.

 

[wonyluvr]

Ethiopians aren’t leaving tho

they will leave we don’t want them in Somalia we’ve seen what they’ve done to everyone else in their own country


what’s that to you old man you are obsessed

 

[Pastoralist]

Good job Hassan sheikh. He invited more clowns to the party but at least they will be respecting the country. If not an example will be made of them like Ethiopia.

 

[Aurelian]

No more Aidstopia great job Hassan Sheekh they must leave Gedo

Oo goorma HSM raacsaneed?

 

[TheLand]

Oo goorma HSM raacsaneed?

Aidistopians abuse his sharanshuur tribe in certain regions, nothing to do with HSM

 

[Hilmaam]

this is good they not making it conditional upon withdrawal of MOU. Ethiopia out is good

now whats the plan for 7k troops outside ATMIS that are in country. media should be pushing govt to answer this question

 

[Gaarasho]

When their pockets are empty and they are starving due to no budgetary support from the West they will leave.

Wow @TekNiKo using your brain for once with a valid comment. As the saying goes “even a broken clock is right twice a day”