Tag: ATMIS
ATMIS 24 APCs better off
Mobility of African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) troops has been boosted with an additional 24 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) donated to the...
ATMIS training focus on IEDs – al Shabaab weapon of choice
Mitigating the threat of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), widely used by subversive elements including insurgents, militias, rebel and terrorist groups, was the focus of...
New commander for ATMIS police unit
The Nigeria Formed Police Unit (NFPU), part of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), has a new commander.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Mohammed...
ATMIS log planning for new CONOPS
A new concept of operations (CONOPS) necessarily means a change in logistic support and the recent status and name change of the African Union...
ATMIS IED conference
Mitigation of the threat posed by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) was the sole agenda item for a conference in Mogadishu.
Senior officials from the African...
al Shabaab Somalia attack branded cowardly
“Barbaric” and “cowardly” is the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) response to an al Shabaab attack on a transition mission in...
AU seeks funding aid for revamped Somalia mission
The revamped African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in Somalia now named ATMIS (AU Transition Mission in Somalia) and in place since the start of...
Somalia is still fragile: what the new African Union mission can...
The African Union Mission in Somalia – AMISOM – has ended its 15-year political and military experiment in post-conflict state building. On 1 April...
ATMIS operational
The African Union (AU) Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) has taken over from the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on April 1, in line...
ISS: Is the AU mission in Somalia changing in name only?
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has supported that country’s government in the fight against al-Shabaab for the past 15 years. The operation...
Mandate of reconstituted AU Somali mission includes “degrading” Al Shabaab
Top of a four-item mandate list for the reconstituted African Union (AU) mission in Somalia is “degrading Al Shabaab and other terrorist groups” active...
ATMIS modalities under the spotlight
With just on three weeks before the revamped African Union (AU) peace support operation in Somalia is due to become reality, senior officials from...
ATMIS aligned with Somalia transition plan
ATMIS, the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia, is focussing on stabilisation and state building with “a clear end goal in sight”, the continental...
Farewell AMISOM, hello ATMIS
The African Union (AU) Mission in Somalia – AMISOM – is fast reaching its expiry date and work is well underway on a new...