#AUSSOM Somalia

President Yoweri Museveni and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud have agreed at State House Entebbe to deepen counter-terrorism cooperation against Al-Shabaab and establish a dedicated trade warehouse in Mogadishu for direct exports of Ugandan coffee.

The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Ambassador El-Hadji Ibrahima Diene, has visited forward operational bases in the Lower Shabelle region, commending troops of Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces Battle Group 47 for their sustained counter-insurgency operations, civilian protection, and stabilizing the Somali operational theater.