End of AUSSOM is not end of Somalia
On July 1, when the United States informed the African Union it would no longer finance the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS), the logistical backbone of the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), beyond December 2026, the reaction was immediate. One prediction dominated: Somalia was about to become a crisis zone like Afghanistan. Others argued the opposite, that the Somali National Army (SNA) has matured enough to assume full responsibility for national security. Both arguments ask the wrong question.
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On July 1, when the United States informed the African Union it would no longer finance the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS), the logistical backbone of the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), beyond December 2026, the reaction was immediate. One prediction dominated: Somalia was about to become a crisis zone like Afghanistan. Others argued the opposite, that the Somali National Army (SNA) has matured enough to assume full responsibility for national security. Both arguments ask the wrong question.
