African Union Transition Mission in Somalia

African Union Transition Mission in Somalia
Hawlgalka Isbeddelka Midowga Afrika ee Somaaliya
LeadersHead of ATMIS Ambassador Mohamed El-Amine Souef
ATMIS Force Commander Lt. Gen. Sam Kavuma
Police Commissioner Hillary Sao Kanu
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Dates of operation1 April 2022 – present
HeadquartersMogadishu
Size14,626 uniformed personnel, inclusive of 1,040 police personnel[2]
Allies Somalia
Opponents Al-Shabaab
Battles and warsSomali Civil War
Preceded by
AMISOM
Succeeded by
AUSSOM
Hillary Sao Kanu, commissioner of Police for ATMIS hands over a certificate for the completion of training to a police officer from the Somali Police Force on 2 January 2024.

The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) is an active African Union transition and drawdown mission from peacekeeping operations in Somalia. Formerly the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM), ATMIS's mandate will end in 2024, with full transition of security operations to the Somali National Armed Forces.[3] ATMIS consists of troops from the East African nations of Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda.[4]

ATMIS is due to transition into the AU Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) at the start of 2025.[5] However financial constraints and rising tensions between Somalia and Ethiopia during late 2024 will possibly delay the transition.[6]

  1. ^ "HEAD OF ATMIS HAILS UN COLLABORATION IN FOSTERING PEACE IN SOMALIA". atmis-au.org. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  2. ^ "HEAD OF ATMIS HAILS UN COLLABORATION IN FOSTERING PEACE IN SOMALIA". atmis-au.org. 18 November 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  3. ^ "AMISOM officially transitions to ATMIS, to stay in Somalia for 33 months". Garowe Online. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference 3 May was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ ""AUSSOM" New AU Mission in Somalia; Burkina Faso Reaches Boiling Point". Institute for the Study of War. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  6. ^ "ATMIS transition in Somalia could stall due to funding shortages, rising Ethiopia tensions". Hiiraan Online. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.