Africa: AU Pledges to Continue Supporting Somalia Despite Funding Challenges

Africa: AU Pledges to Continue Supporting Somalia Despite Funding Challenges

Kampala, Uganda -- The African Union (AU) pledged to continue to support peace and stability in Somalia despite financial challenges affecting the bloc's peacekeeping mission in the Horn of Africa nation.

African Union urges action to tackle Sahel jihadist violence

The African Union on Saturday called for urgent cooperation to tackle jihadist violence in the Sahel region, after a recent attack blamed on Islamists killed 54 soldiers in northern Benin. The region, which borders both Niger and Burkina Faso, has seen a recent rise in strikes targeting army positions and on 17 April, suspected extremists attacked military posts in a national park. Benin's government blamed the attacks on a spillover from Niger …

The African Union condemned last week's attack in northern Benin that killed 54 soldiers, considering it “a cowardly act”, and reaffirmed its determination to “confront terrorism” in the Sahel.

Benin Mourns Dozens of Soldiers Killed in Islamist Militant Attack - teleSUR English

The Republic of Benin faces one of its deadliest militant attacks in recent years, as at least 54 soldiers lost their lives in coordinated assaults on military posts in the northern Alibori department, bordering Burkina Faso, Niger, and Nigeria. The al-Qaida-linked extremist group JNIM claimed responsibility for the April 17 attack, boasting of a higher death toll, according to SITE Intelligence Group reports. Initially, authorities had disclose…

It has been a week since two attacks by the Islamic and Muslim Support Group (Jnim), linked to al-Qaeda, claimed the lives of 54 Beninese soldiers in the north of the country. The Islamic Union of Benin (UIB) and other associations severely condemned the carnage of 17 February. On Friday, 25 April, during the great prayer, the UIB imposed an anti-radicalization sermon in the country's more than 6,000 mosques.

African Union moves to fast-track free movement across continent

The African Union (AU) announced on Sunday, April 27, that it had finalized a draft “strategy” to accelerate the Protocol on Free Movement of Persons, as part of efforts to ease...