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UN Starts Selling Off Somalia Mission Assets as U.S. Funding Cut Threatens Security Gap

The UN is seeking auctioneers to sell vehicles, generators and other equipment from its Somalia support mission just as a potential cutoff of U.S. funding looms. The move signals a scaledown that could leave Somali forces, aid workers and nearby states exposed as African Union troops draw down and jihadist threats persist.

Somalia’s fragile security architecture is facing a new test as the United Nations begins preparing to sell off assets from its support mission while a potential cutoff of U.S. funding looms in the background. A public tender issued on 6 August shows the UN moving to dispose of vehicles, generators, computers and other equipment owned by its Somalia support office — a bureaucratic step with concrete implications for a country still battling entrenched jihadist insurgents. The United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) published a notice seeking licensed auctioneers to handle the sale of a wide range of UN‑owned assets inside the country. The list includes not only vehicles and…

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