Appointment of Francisco Madeira as the New Special Representative of The African Union for Somalia and Head of the AU Mission in Somalia Addis Ababa, 7 October 2015: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, today, appointed Ambassador Francisco Caetano Jose Madeira, of Mozambique, as her Special Representative for Somalia and Head of the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), in replacement of Ambassador Maman Sambo Sidikou of Niger. Since 2010, Ambassador Madeira has been serving as the AU Special Representative for Counter-Terrorism Cooperation and Director of the Algiers-based African Centre on the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT), a post he held concurrently with that of Special Envoy for the issue of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), from November 2011 to July 2014.
Guddoomiyaha Midowga Afrika Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma ayaa maanta u magacawday wakiil cusub oo arrimaha Soomaaliya u qaabilsanaan doona Midowga Afrika iyo howlgalka AMISOM, Wakiilka cusub waa ninka lagu magacaabo Danjire Francisco Caetano Jose Madeira oo u dhashay dalka Mozambique.