Alex Kithumbu

Kismayo, 31 July 2024 – Twenty-six Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) personnel serving with the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) recently completed a five-day training programme on civilian protection…

Mogadishu, 29 July 2024 – The new Force Commander for the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), Lt. Gen. Sam Kavuma from Uganda, arrived in Mogadishu yesterday to assume…

Baidoa, 20 July 2024 – Ethiopia National Defence Forces (ENDF) troops serving with the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) have donated medical supplies to Bay Regional Hospital in…

PRESS RELEASE (For Immediate release) ATMIS PR/13/2024 Mogadishu – The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) has learned with deep concern of a tragic incident in Buulo Mareer on…

Mogadishu, 17 July 2024 – A nine-member delegation from the African Union Political Affairs Peace and Security (AU PAPS) has concluded a four-day visit to Somalia, after consulting with the…

PRESS RELEASE (For Immediate release) ATMIS PR/12/2024 Mogadishu, 8 July 2024 – A joint ATMIS – UPDF and SNAF logistics convoy was hit by a Command Wire Improvised Explosive Device…

Mogadishu – Burundi forces serving with the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) yesterday celebrated their country’s 62nd Independence Day with colourful events held in Mogadishu, and Jowhar town.…

PRESS RELEASE (For Immediate release) ATMIS PR/11/2024 Mogadishu: On this occasion of Somalia’s 64th Independence Day, I congratulate the government and the good people of Somalia. This day is an…

Beletweyne, 1 July 2024 – The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) yesterday handed over Orhasan Forward Operating Base (FOB) to the Somali National Armed Forces (SNAF) in Beletweyne.…

Jubaland, 30 June 2024 – The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) has handed over the Abdalla Birolle Forward Operating Base (FOB) to the Somali National Armed Forces (SNAF).…