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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Mozambique\u2019s foreign minister, Ver\u00f3nica Macamo, has said she did not understand the decision of the Somali government to expel the special representative of the African Union (AU) in the country, Mozambican Ambassador Francisco Madeira.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not understand what happened, but we are consoled because the president of the country has reassured us in a way, annulling the previous decision\u2033, she said in statements released on Saturday by the Mozambique Information Agency (AIM).<\/p>\n

This was the first reaction of a Mozambican leader to another controversy with representatives of the AU and the United Nations (UN) in Somalia, this time with a Mozambican diplomat.<\/p>\n

\u2033Ambassador Madeira is a career ambassador who, because of his knowledge, capacity and experience, was appointed by the AU to represent the organisation within the [mission of] unity and pacification. This is the role he is performing,\u201d she stressed.<\/p>\n

The reaction comes after AU President Moussa Faki Mahamat expressed concern on 8 April over the decision by Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble to consider the organisation\u2019s special representative in the country \u201cpersona non grata\u201d.<\/p>\n

The AU leader welcomed, however, the position of Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, who opposed that of the prime minister.<\/p>\n

The Somali head of state regretted the decision of the government of Mogadishu and reiterated his commitment to continue cooperating with the AU Transitional Mission in Somalia (ATMIS).<\/p>\n

In November, the Somali government expelled the AU\u2019s deputy special representative, Simon Mulongo. In January 2019, the UN special envoy, Nicholas Haysom, was expelled for alleged \u201cviolation of protocols\u201d and \u201cinterference in Somalia\u2019s internal affairs.<\/p>\n

The country has an AU military contingent fighting the Islamist group al-Shabab, which is waging war against the Somali state and controls part of the country\u2019s territory.<\/p>\n

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