AU, UN step up efforts to boost state-building process in Somalia

MOGADISHU, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- The African Union and United Nations missions in Somalia have reaffirmed their support for Somalia's state-building process, the AU mission said on Wednesday.

Mohamed El-Amine Souef, head of the AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), and Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, head of the UN Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) visited Kismayo, a town in southern Somalia, where they met UN and ATMIS personnel to discuss ongoing offensive against the al-Shabab terrorist group, security and political issues.