United Nations Security Council decided to cut 1,000 troops from a regional peacekeeping force in
Somalia despite a rise in attacks by the Al-Shabaab militia in Mogadishu.
The council voted unanimously to draw down the
African Union Mission in Somalia but left the door open for the council to
revisit that decision if violence worsens.
African Union Mission in Somalia will gradually
hand over security to Somali forces under a transition plan agreed in 2017.
The United Nations is seeking to shore up
stability in Somalia, where Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab fighters have been
seeking to topple the government for a decade.
About United
Nations Security Council
Formation: 1945
Abbreviation: UNSC
Head: President Teuku Mifdhal Fadhly
