Mission News
- 17 Aug 2014 - PRESS RELEASE MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – August 17, 2014: The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) today handed over 4,500 indestructible footballs to the Federal Government of Somalia for on-ward transmission to children and youth groups throughout the country to teach them...
- 30 Jun 2014 - PRESS RELEASE Somali delegation in Ghana on a mission to acquire election management best practice Accra, Ghana, 30 June 2014: A 5-member delegation, including two women, from Somalia arrived in Accra, Ghana, yesterday to participate in an 11-day election management course...
- 24 Mar 2014 - The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 425th meeting, held on 24 March 2014, was briefed on the situation in Somalia by the Commissioner for Peace and Security and the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the Commission (SRCC) for Somalia and...
- 30 Nov 2013 - PRESS RELEASE Nairobi, 30 November 2013- The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) together with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Somalia and with the support of the United Nations Support Office for AMISOM (UNSOA) hosted the...
- 06 Nov 2013 - PRESS RELEASE Mogadishu, 6 November 2013; The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Somali contractors to launch three Quick Impact Projects in the country. AMISOM will be working in partnership with the contractors, Brothers Relief...
- 19 Sep 2013 - PRESS RELEASE Mogadishu-19th September 2013: The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) yesterday concluded a three-day conference promoting humanitarian civil-military coordination and civilian protection. For the first time, AMISOM Civil-Military Coordination (CIMIC)...
- 06 Apr 2013 - PRESS RELEASE Kismayo, 6th April 2013; The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the Commission, His Excellency, Ambassador Mahamat Saleh Annadif accompanied by the Force Commander, Lt General Andrew Gutti, and the Director of the United Nations Support Office for AMISOM...
- 16 Oct 2011 - OPENING REMARKS BY SRCC, AMBASSADOR BOUBACAR GAOUSSOU DIARRA AT THE PHOTO EXHIBITION PORTRAYING THE WORK OF AMISOM SOLDIERS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6TH 2011, NAIROBI, KENYA 1. I am privileged to welcome you this evening to the Nairobi National Museum for a photo exhibition, during...
- 08 Aug 2011 - PRESS STATEMENT Mogadishu, 8 August 2011 — On Friday, 5 August 2011, a handover ceremony between the outgoing Force Commander of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), Major General Nathan Mugishia, and the incoming Force Commander, Major General Fred Mugishia, took...