NAIROBI, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The African Union on Friday decried increased attacks against its peacekeeping mission in war-torn Somalia and warned that it would not sit back and watch as their positions come under attacks by the insurgents. Addressing a news conference in Nairobi, the AU Special Representative for Somalia Nicolas Bwakira said AU peacekeeping mission (AMISON) is not in Somalia to engage the local insurgents in military confrontation
but to restore normalcy in the Horn of Africa nation. "This week has witnessed unprecedented attacks on AMISOM positions. These attacks were preceded by a spate of similar hostilities to our troops a week earlier during which we lost two of our solders while four sustained injuries," Bwakira told journalists in Nairobi. ..more..
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/26/content_10117850.htm
NAIROBI, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The African Union on Friday decried increased attacks against its peacekeeping mission in war-torn Somalia and warned that it would not sit back and watch as their positions come under attacks by the insurgents. Addressing a news conference in Nairobi, the AU Special Representative for Somalia Nicolas Bwakira said AU peacekeeping mission (AMISON) is not in Somalia to engage the local insurgents in military confrontation 
but to restore normalcy in the Horn of Africa nation. "This week has witnessed unprecedented attacks on AMISOM positions. These attacks were preceded by a spate of similar hostilities to our troops a week earlier during which we lost two of our solders while four sustained injuries," Bwakira told journalists in Nairobi. ..more..http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/26/content_10117850.htm
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