Press Statements

Your Excellency – the Minister of Defence, Excellencies, Representatives of the Media, Ladies and Gentlemen, Assalum Alaikum a rahmatullahi wa barakatuh! Today we mark the first anniversary since the African…

Statement to the UN Security Council (via VTC) On Security Transition in Somalia By H.E. SRCC Ambassador Mohamed El-Amine Souef Special Representative of the AU Commission Chairperson (SRCC) for Somalia…

PRESS RELEASE (For Immediate release) ATMIS PR/07/2023 The AU Special Representative for Somalia sends goodwill message to the people of Somalia during the Holy Month of Ramadan Mogadishu – The Special Representative…

PRESS RELEASE (For Immediate release) ATMIS PR/06/2023 SRCC and Head of ATMIS celebrates the contributions of women to peace processes Mogadishu – On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the Head…

Remarks to the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) (via Zoom) By H.E SRCC Ambassador Mohamed El-Amine Souef  Special Representative of the AU Commission Chairperson (SRCC) for Somalia &…

PRESS RELEASE (For Immediate release) ATMIS PR/05/2023 ATMIS statement on helicopter crash Mogadishu, 26th February 2023 – An ATMIS Helicopter on a joint familiarisation training mission for Casualty Evacuation (CASEVAC)…

International partners* strongly condemn the continued violence in Laascaanood and express serious concern about reports regarding the mobilisation of armed groups. We are also deeply concerned about the shelling of…

Mogadishu  – The AU Special Representative to Somalia and Head of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), Ambassador Mohamed El-Amine Souef and Somalia’s Federal Minister of Information, Culture…

PRESS RELEASE (For Immediate release) ATMIS PR/03/2023 ATMIS statement on Mogadishu shooting incident Mogadishu – The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) regrets a shooting incident involving one of…

PRESS RELEASE (For Immediate Release) ATMIS PR/01/2023 ATMIS congratulates SNA on the liberation of El-Dheer, Galcad and Harardheere towns in Galmudug State Mogadishu, January 17th, 2023 – The Special Representative…