SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, (Reuters) – Washington is ready to help Nigeria send peacekeepers to Somalia, but its priority is supporting a Burundian battalion that is ready to deploy, the top U.S. diplomat for Africa said on Monday.
The African Union had planned to send 8,000 soldiers to the capital Mogadishu to support the U.N.-backed interim government, which faces an insurgency by Islamist rebels. more..http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnWAL057808.html also
The African Union had planned to send 8,000 soldiers to the capital Mogadishu to support the U.N.-backed interim government, which faces an insurgency by Islamist rebels. more..http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnWAL057808.html also
US backs term expansion UN commander will go to Somalia .
somalia: US backs term expansion UN commander will go to Somalia
The United States State Department has urged the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to renew the contract of Maj Gen Emmanuel Karenzi Karake, the Deputy Force Commander for the AU/UN Hybrid Force in Darfur (UNAMID). The request to extend Karenzi's contract was forwarded by Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer during the weekend.
Karenzi was appointed UNAMID Deputy Force commander in August last year with a mandate of 12 months. According to media sources, Frazer said that Rwandan troops have more than any other force played a pivotal role in Darfur and may be called to play a similar one in a future UN mission in Somalia.
She signalled that Karenzi 'has to stay.' Frazer's statement comes a few days after the US Ambassador to the UN, Zalmay Khalilzad, said that his nation was backing Rwanda's idea of keeping Gen Karenzi in Darfur.
somalia: US backs term expansion UN commander will go to Somalia
The United States State Department has urged the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to renew the contract of Maj Gen Emmanuel Karenzi Karake, the Deputy Force Commander for the AU/UN Hybrid Force in Darfur (UNAMID). The request to extend Karenzi's contract was forwarded by Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer during the weekend.
Karenzi was appointed UNAMID Deputy Force commander in August last year with a mandate of 12 months. According to media sources, Frazer said that Rwandan troops have more than any other force played a pivotal role in Darfur and may be called to play a similar one in a future UN mission in Somalia.
She signalled that Karenzi 'has to stay.' Frazer's statement comes a few days after the US Ambassador to the UN, Zalmay Khalilzad, said that his nation was backing Rwanda's idea of keeping Gen Karenzi in Darfur.
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