While the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) agreed in early December to a technical extension of UN Security Council Resolution 2554 (2020) on piracy and armed robbery at sea off the coast of Somalia for only three months, rather than the previous 12 months, the EU is considering alternatives for its Operation Atalanta should the mandate not be renewed.
In a document obtained by EUROPE and dated 5 January, the European External Action Service (EEAS) explains that without a new...