Africa Business Radio

Somalia has asked the African Union Commission representative in the country to leave within a week after declaring him persona non grata. Somalia’s foreign ministry says Simon Mulongo, the AUC’s deputy special representative in Mogadishu, was no longer welcome in the country due to his engagement in activities that are incompatible with African Union Mission in Somalia’s mandate and Somalia’s security strategy. Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdirizak says the Somali government will hold accountable AMISOM person[n]el, particularly those at the leadership level, who are expected to be beyond reproach in their integrity as they discharge their duty under the UN/AU mandate.