As this report in Africa Defense Forum, a quarterly security magazine published by U.S. Africa Command, summarises:
“After 18 years and three multinational peace missions, Somalia is getting ready to take full control of its own security. The 1-year-old African Union Transitional Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) is preparing to withdraw 2,000 troops from the embattled Horn of Africa nation by June 30, 2023, the first of three drawdowns in its transition plan.”
ATMIS is supposed to withdraw completely by December 31, 2024, and this is a test run of sorts for that.
As the report states, there has been an arms embargo on Somalia since 1992, which has since “been modified several times and remains in force until at least November 17, 2023.”
As far as Somalian self-reliance goes, “Somalia intends to gradually ramp up its force levels to about 23,000 and take over when ATMIS liquidates its assets and fully withdraws.”
Read the full report here.
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