African Leaders Pledge 2,000 Troops for Somalia
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Published: July 8, 2010
African Leaders Pledge 2,000 Troops for Somalia
By Adebayo Somuyiwa
A regional group of East African heads of state pledged on Monday to send a further 2,000 troops by September to join the African Union mission in Somalia. The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) announced the deployment following a summit in Ethiopia. The African Union mission in Somalia (AMISOM) is fighting for the government against Islamist insurgents. IGAD also urged the United Nations to replace the African Union mission with UN troops. The Somali government, backed by the UN, currently controls only a small part of the capital Mogadishu.
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