Exclusive interview: Amb. El Hadji Ibrahima Diene , Special Representative of the Chairperson of African Union Commission & Head of AUSSOM

3 December 2025

Ahead of the upcoming meetings of the AU PSC and the UNSC on the AU Support & Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), the latest edition of The Pan-Africanist brings to you the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission & Head of AUSSOM. In this very first ever media interview since assuming office, Amb Boly discussed with our Director the current state of AUSSOM including state of deployment, financing, scenarios & plans for managing the huge financial shortfall facing the mission & the work underway on exit plans.