The UN political mission is assisting the peace efforts in the country

Somalia is asking the United Nations to terminate its political mission in the country, which has been assisting the government to bring peace and stability in the face of attacks by the al-Qaida-linked extremist group al-Shabab.

Somalia asked the United Nations’ political mission in the country to cease operations by October, even as the East African nation faces a brutal, long-running jihadist insurgency.