The Burundian government has served notice that it could withdraw its troops from the African Union (AU) force fighting militants in Somalia, they cited the non payment of troops as the main reason for the threat of withdrawal. Burundi is the second largest contributor to AMISOM the AU intervention force fighting al-Shabab insurgents in Somalia. Their over 5400 troops come behind Uganda who have over 6000 troops. Ethiopia have flatly denied that the withdrawal of troops funded by their government is linked to internal anti-government crisis. AMISOM troop contributing countries include Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda.

Source: Ethiopian News November 03, 2016 22:46 UTC