Counterinsurgency in Somalia: Lessons Learned from the African Union Mission in Somalia, 2007-2013

Bruton, Bronwyn; Williams, Paul D.

doi:10.21236/ada616394

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“…However, it has also led to intense clashes in local areas where civilians resided and gave rise to concerns of indiscriminate fire against civilians. This proceeded with the creation of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and the liberation of areas across the south from al-Shabaab through a clear-hold-build strategy (Williams, 2017b;Bruton and Williams, 2014;. Its core tasks included: (1) protecting senior Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) officials and others engaged in the political reconciliation process;…”

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Transferring Policy: The African Union's Protection of Civilians Policy in Peacekeeping Missions in Somalia and South Sudan

Tchie,

Kumalo

2023

Afr. j. confl. resolut. (Online)

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The African Union's (AU's) doctrine underlying Peace Support Operations (PSOs) highlights the fact that the AU should take the lead in providing political direction for all AU PSOs. This includes mainstreaming the standards and operating procedures applicable to the Protection of Civilians (PoC). The PoC guidelines mandate the AU to support and complement the efforts of the host state by enhancing its capacity to secure civilians and prevent abuse against them. The guidelines have allowed the AU to develop and grow its institutional capacity and emerge as the continent's leading institution. It provides fragile member states with technical support through African-led and AU-mandated missions (crafting the concept of operations, training and implementation and procedures for peace operations). However, little is known about how the AU transfers its PoC policy to member states during peacekeeping missions. This paper assesses the institutional capacity of the AU and its ability to influence specific national PoC policies and approaches through AU PSO and United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (UN PKOs). The paper highlights that although the AU has made progress in PoC policy, it has not been implemented effectively and practically in South Sudan and Somalia, despite being a significant priority for the organisation.

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Transferring Policy: The African Union's Protection of Civilians Policy in Peacekeeping Missions in Somalia and South Sudan

Tchie,

Kumalo

2023

Afr. j. confl. resolut. (Online)

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“…76 Even areas under AMISOM and TFG control were not regularly patrolled, and after dark peacekeepers retreated to base, leaving insurgents to move relatively freely throughout Mogadishu. 77 Other tasks, such as facilitating humanitarian assistance, were severely hampered; during the period under study, the humanitarian conditions in Somalia worsened. 78 In order to make up for the obvious deficit in AMISOM's troop strength, in December 2008 the AU had called on the UN Security Council to deploy an International Stabilisation Force as well as a logistical support package to AMISOM.…”

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Urban peacekeeping under siege: attacks on African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu, 2007–2009

Elfversson

Bromley

Williams

2019

Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal

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Peacekeepers in cities face particular challenges because cities are densely populated and heterogeneous, encompass multiple terrains and fluid features, and host key assets of political, economic and strategic importance. Attacks targeting peacekeepers in cities constitute a recurrent problem, but how do they affect a peace operation's activities? We theorise the effects of such violence on three outcomes: patrolling and outreach, use of force, and the establishment of new bases. We explore these dynamics by analysing intracity dynamics of violence and operational activity following attacks on African Union (AU) peacekeepers in Mogadishu, Somalia, from initial deployment in 2007 through 2009. We use the geo-referenced UCDP Peacemakers at Risk (PAR) dataset and extend it by coding specific city sub-locations for incidences of violence, allowing us to analyse the spatiality of violence involving peacekeepers in Mogadishu. The evidence suggests that during its first three years, attacks on AMISOM significantly hampered its ability to spread out in the city and operate effectively, but did not evidently alter wider patterns of violence in the city. Despite these challenges, AMISOM managed to fulfil the core element of its mandate: preventing the overthrow of the Somali Transitional Federal Government.

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The Nexus Between Peacekeeping and Counterterrorism: A Case of African Union Mission in Somalia

Nyandong

2023

Innovations in Peace and Security in Africa

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Counterinsurgency in Somalia: Lessons Learned from the African Union Mission in Somalia, 2007-2013

Cited by 12 publications

References 6 publications

Transferring Policy: The African Union's Protection of Civilians Policy in Peacekeeping Missions in Somalia and South Sudan

Transferring Policy: The African Union's Protection of Civilians Policy in Peacekeeping Missions in Somalia and South Sudan

Urban peacekeeping under siege: attacks on African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu, 2007–2009

The Nexus Between Peacekeeping and Counterterrorism: A Case of African Union Mission in Somalia

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