Billion-dollar question as Aussom donors back away

ATMIS

African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) troops during a routine drill in Beletweyne, Somalia on November 23, 2022.

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At current budget estimates, the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (Aussom) will need nearly $1 billion to avert a complete security collapse in the Horn of Africa nation.

The AU also needs $96 million to clear arrears of the previous mission, African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (Atmis).