NEW YORK (Reuters) — On Friday, the United Nations Security Council authorized an African Union stabilisation and support mission in Somalia, known as AUSSOM, which would replace a bigger AU anti-terrorism operation beginning January 1, 2025.

Since Ethiopia invaded Somalia in 2006, overthrowing an Islamist-led administration but sparking an insurgency that has killed tens of thousands of people, the country’s security has been supported by foreign resources.

Sources told Reuters in June that the European Union and the United States, the primary financiers of AU forces in Somalia, intended to lower the number of AU soldiers owing to worries about long-term finance and sustainability. Negotiations over the new force had proved difficult, they claimed.

The United States abstained from the UN Security Council vote on Friday due to budget issues. The remaining 14 council members supported the measure.

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