It is a pivotal month for the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (Aussom) as it ends a crisis-plagued first year of its five-year mandate, with the United Nations Security Council set to reauthorise its stay in the Horn of Africa nation.
This decision, experts say, throws the mission into the deep end, dealing with the ever-present security threat, amid an increasing logistical and funding crisis that will further impact the force’s operational capabilities.
