The United Nations Security Council Resolution 2628 has authorized the African Union Peace and Security Council to reconfigure AMISOM and replace it with the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), with effect from 1 April 2022.

Communique of the 1068th Meeting of the AU Peace and Security Council on Somalia

A group photo of representatives of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), military commanders from the Somali National Army (SNA) and AMISOM, as well as officials from the United Nations Support Office in Somalia, United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), the UK Mission Support Team, and several of Somalia’s international partners during the closing of the AMISOM Sector Commanders' Conference in Mogadishu, Somalia on 17 March 2022.

Representatives from AMISOM, the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), military commanders from the Somali National Army (SNA) and AMISOM, as well as officials from the United Nations Support Office in Somalia, United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), the UK Mission Support Team, and several of Somalia’s international partners attend the opening session of the AMISOM Sector Commanders' Conference in Mogadishu, Somalia on 14 March 2022.

Senior UN, AMISOM and SPF officials pose for a group photo during a ceremony to mark the International Women’s Day in Mogadishu, Somalia on 8th March 2022.

A Shop owner at Marine Market takes the COVID-19 jab at a medical camp organised by Ugandan soldiers serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), to mark Tarehe Sita in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 6 February 2022. AMISOM Photo / Mukhtar Nuur

A Somali Police officer explains a point during a session of the Asset Management Technical Training course for senior and mid-level SPF officers in Mogadishu, Somalia on 5 February 2022. AMISOM Photo / Fardosa Hussein

Somalia's Minister of Defence, Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur (middle), the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Madeira (second from right), Head of Policy Development Unit at African Union's Peace Support Operations Division (PSOD) Zinurine Alghali (right), during the Africa Union (AU) - Federal Government of Somalia Technical meeting to discuss AMISOM mission post 2021 in Mogadishu, Somalia on 31 January 2022.

AMISOM Police Commissioner, (AIGP) Augustine Magnus Kailie stands at attention before signing a book of condolences for the late AMISOM Police Operations and FPU Coordinator, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Daniel Ali Gwambal, at the AMISOM Mission Headquarters in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 11 January 2022. AMISOM Photo / Fardosa Hussein