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The funding of the African Union's latest anti-Al Shabaab mission is facing a funding dispute between the EU and United States (Photo: AUSSOM)

EU urged not to abandon Somalia as funding row heads to UN

Kenya’s foreign minister has urged the EU not to abandon its support for an African defence and security mission against the Al Shabaab terror group.

Speaking on Sunday (21 September), during a bilateral meeting with Cyprus foreign minister Constantinos Kombos at the UN General Assembly in New York, Musalia M...

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

The funding of the African Union's latest anti-Al Shabaab mission is facing a funding dispute between the EU and United States (Photo: AUSSOM)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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