MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – African Union peacekeepers on Sunday handed over Owr Hassan army base within the central Somalia city of Baladweyne to the Somali military as a part of the third part of the scheduled drawdown of ATMIS troops.
The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) has to date transferred bases in Barire, El Egle, Baladweyne, Abdalla Birole and Baladweyne to the Somali army amid issues raised that Somali safety forces don’t have any enough manpower to carry positions vacated by the peacekeepers whereas alternatively consolidating positive factors made within the struggle towards the militant group Al-Shabaab.
The African Union has responded to a request from the Somali authorities by agreeing to cut back the variety of peacekeepers to be withdrawn within the third part from 4,000 to 2,000. This choice goals to forestall militants from exploiting any potential safety vacuum that might come up, probably permitting them to retake strategic bases.
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