afrol News, 14 August - The African Union urged the United Nations Security Council to support its peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM). The AU wants its collaboration with UN on Sudan’s Darfur region to be replicated in Somalia.

During a discussion on Somalia by the UN ahead of the expiration of the AMISOM mandate, an accord was reached on the renewal of the mandate of the African mission. Cencerns were raised by Britain that submitted a draft resolution backing the extension of the AMISOM mission.

Majority of the Security Council members believed that there are no necessary security conditions for a change of guard between the African mission and a new UN mission in Somalia.

Somalia had been in turmoil since 1991. Even after the ousting of the Islamic Courts Union by the Ethiopian-backed troops last year, Somalia continues to faced by security threats. During the past few days, more than 30 people [including two journalists] have been victims of targeted killings in Somalia.

The New York-based Human Rights Watch issued a report, indicting all warring parties in Somalia of committing grave human rights violations. But Somali authorities said the report was bias because Ethiopian troops and Islamist fighters were responsible for the guerrilla-style violence.

By staff writer

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