Somalia to Get More Peacekeeping Troops
The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to send additional peacekeeping troops to Somalia during their annual meeting at its headquarters in New York on Friday. Security Council resolution 2010 raised the number of troops for the African Union Mission in Somalia from about 9,300 to 12,000. It also extended its mandate in Somalia until next year. The council has also called on Somalia's transitional government to carry out a roadmap leading to elections within a year. The new troops will likely come from Burundi, Djibouti, Sierra Leone and Uganda. Somalia's Ambassador to the United Nations, Elmi Ahmed Duale, said peacekeepers were urgently needed across his country. Elmi Ahmed Duale said, "Mr. President, as most of the members of the Security Council are aware of, the Somali security forces are overextended at present and they are contained only in Mogadishu and that it is of utmost urgency to enlarge and improve the capabilities of the Somali armed forces and police. Furthermore, as also stated by His Excellency, the Secretary-General, in order to consolidate and build on the recent security gains, it is essential to also enlarge the AMISOM forces. There has been positive reference to this in this resolution." In addition to security issues, Somalia is currently in the throes of a devastating drought and famine. Speaker: Elmi Ahmed Duale By: Ikram Al Yacoub Al Arabiya With Agencies
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Drone strikes have long been reported in Pakistan and Yemen, but now there's news that a week ago, a US drone aircraft fired on two leaders of Somalia organization, Al-Shabab, who according to military officials are expanding their mission outside of Somalia, and working more closely with Al Qaida. Former CIA officer Jack Rice weighs in and discusses Robert Gates stepping down.
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Somalia: caught in the war of Mogadishu
REPORTERS: The Somali capital, Mogadishu, has turned into a battle zone between Islamist insurgents and Somali troops, with African Union and AMISOM peacekeeping troops caught in the crossfire. FRANCE 24 followed one of their convoys.
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U.N. Is Warned of Somalia's 'Disintegration'
Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh is warning that Somalia's Western-backed transitional government may not survive the intensified conflict with armed insurgents. Guelleh appeared before the United Nations Security Council in New York to plead for action, saying "I cannot see how we can avert the possibility of Somalia's plunge into an avoidable disintegration."
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Aljazeera News - Ethiopian troops enter Somali town - Aug 29, 2009
http://bit.ly/EthiopianNews - More Ethiopian News Can be found here - http://www.diretube.com - Ethiopian Largest Video Sharing Site. Ethiopian troops enter Somali town Ethiopian troops have crossed into neighbouring Somalia and seized control of a town from Islamist fighters, witnesses say. Hundreds of troops reportedly entered the strategically important town of Beledweyne on Saturday. Abdinur Ahmed Maow, a local resident, told The Associated Press news agency that the armed opposition fighters had left "without a single shot". Abdulahi Faramiliq, another resident of Beledweyne, said that the troops were cordoning off residential areas and going from house to house searching for weapons. However, General Muqtar Hassan Afrah, the Somali military commander in the region, denied that any Ethiopian troops were in the region. Unpopular presence Ethiopian forces withdrew from Somalia in January as part of a peace deal, more than two years after moving in to help the UN-backed interim government battle the Islamic Courts' Union, which had seized control of much of the south and centre of the country. In depth Profile: Sharif Ahmed Timeline: Somalia Inside Story: What next for Somalia Riz Khan: Somalia - From bad to worse Restoring Somalia A long road to stability Al-Shabab: Somali fighters undeterred Somalia at a crossroads Their presence was unpopular with the majority of Somalis and was used by local Islamist groups as a recruiting tool. Rashid Abdi, a Kenya-based Somalia analyst with the International Crisis Group, said that it is unlikely that Ethiopia is planning to send a larger force across the border. "It's a strategic town for them," he said, referring to the Beledweyne's location near the border. "They want a buffer zone and they won't allow it to be in hostile hands." There have been several reports of Ethiopian troops crossing the border in recent months, but the Somali government has not confirmed their presence. Somalia's government is struggling to control the country, despite including several factions of the Islamic Courts' Union. Fighters from al-Shabaab and Hizb ul-Islam groups have seized control of large areas of the country and have vowed to topple the administration of Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, the current president and former Islamic Courts leader.
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