UK steps in with $22m amid AU Somalia mission major funding gap

African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) and Somali police officers man a road block in Mogadishu on March 16, 2025.

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As the US withdraws support for the African Union’s peacekeeping mission in Somalia and the European Union hesitates to commit, the UK is stepping in.

On Monday, London pledged £16.5 million ($22 million) to galvanise international donors and avert a security vacuum in the Horn of Africa.