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African Union Deployment To Continue

July 30 2015

Somalia

The U.N. Security Council has affirmed the continued deployment of the African Union's peacekeeping mission in Somalia, reports the U.N. news Service.

The mandate for the A.U. Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) now runs until May 30, 2016.

On Tuesday, the council agreed with secretary-general's recommendation that conditions would not be appropriate for a U.N. peacekeeping operation in Somalia until at least the end of 2016.

The deployment of up to 22,126 uniformed personnel was...

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