{"id":45878,"date":"2026-09-18T15:11:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T13:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=45878"},"modified":"2026-09-18T15:11:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T13:11:25","slug":"us-gives-un-more-time-to-end-support-for-somalia-peacekeepers","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/us-gives-un-more-time-to-end-support-for-somalia-peacekeepers\/","title":{"rendered":"US gives UN more time to end support for Somalia peacekeepers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The United States (US) has agreed to give the United Nations (UN) another \u200byear to wind down its support for African peacekeepers in Somalia, a document showed, a move that gives some \u200cbreathing space to a force that was fearing quicker cuts but still leaves its future in peril.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Reuters reported in July that Washington, increasingly frustrated with the fragile administration in Mogadishu, said it would block the UN from supporting the African Union force which props up the government and helps it fight al Qaeda-linked militants.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Analysts have warned \u200bthat any weakening of the African Union peacekeepers would severely undermine the government there and could exacerbate the political turmoil \u200bin a combustible region bordering the Red Sea.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The peacekeepers, known as the African Union \u2060Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia, rely heavily on UN support for essential logistics such as food, water, fuel, medical services and transportation \u200bof troops.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The administration of US President Donald Trump, which has pulled back from many international commitments, had told the African Union in a diplomatic note in \u200bJuly that it would use its clout to prevent the UN supporting the peacekeepers from the start of next year.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":45881,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-45878","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45882,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45878\/revisions\/45882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=45878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}