Defense Minister participates in Ministerial Session of TCCs to AUSSOM+Somalia
Addis Ababa, April 25, 2025 (FMC) – A high-level delegation led by Minister of Defense of the Federal Democratic Reuplic of Ethiopia, Ms. Aisha Mohammed, is participating in the Ministerial Session of the Troop Contributing Countries (TCCs) to the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) Plus Somalia in Kampala, Uganda.
The event is being held on 22-25 April 2025 in the Ugandan capital under the theme “To Stabilise Somalia”.
The Extra-Ordinary Summit of the Troop Contributing Countries (TCCs) to the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) Plus Somalia, which is set to take place on 25th April, is preceded by TCCs Meeting of Technical/ Senior Officials/Permanent Secretaries Officials Meetings (22nd April), TCCs plus Somalia Technical/Senior Officials/Permanent Secretaries Officials Meetings (23rd April), and Ministerial Meeting–Ministers of Foreign Affairs & Defense (24th April)).
The Extra-Ordinary Summit will bring together Heads of State and Government from the AUSSOM TCCs—Djibouti, Ethiopia, Egypt, Kenya, and Uganda—alongside Somalia, with the aim of establishing a Political Body to oversee and coordinate the stabilisation process in Somalia, according to Government Citizen Interaction Centre of Uganda.