While it is planned to reduce the number of ATMIS troops operating in Somalia, and at the same time it is planned for the Somali National Army to take over the important centers where the ATMIS troops (EX AMISOM) are located, today the government forces have the ATMIS troops. , destroyed an Army station in Adale District in the Middle Shabelle Region.
The commander of the 4th battalion of the 27th division of the National Army Colonel. Saney Abdulle, in the presence of the officers of the ATMIS army, and those of the national army, Commander Saney Abdulle took over the defenses of Mirtaqwo, Haji Ali and Adale districts in the Middle Shabelle region of the Hir-Shabelle administration.
The positions that the African Union Mission in ATMIS handed over to the National Army today have been there for the past few years, and it is the third position to be transferred to the National Army, and this is said to be part of the reduction of 2000 soldiers until 30 June 2023.
The United Nations Security Council, in a resolution issued at the beginning of this year, said that in 2024, ATMIS will withdraw from Somalia, and the security of the country will be taken over by the National Armed Forces.
However, since the government announced the Al-Shabaab operation, the group has been removed from important areas and districts in some of the country’s regions.
