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African Union mission in Somalia in question after US funding to end

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This week several African nations are meeting in Kampala to discuss the future of the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM). The US announced it will withdraw its funding from the mission which has the objective of fighting against Al Shabab, at the end of this year, putting into question how and if regional forces will be able to proceed. Our correspondent Tom Canetti is in the Somali region and spoke to a refugee who was displaced after Al Shabaab came to his Somalian village.

First report: Somalia: Somalia, African Union Discuss Security, Aussom At Addis Ababa Meeting — allafrica.com, 12d