Addis Ababa, January 16 (WIC) - The African Union forces in Somalia (AMISOM) say they are prepared to ensure stability in Mogadishu now that Ethiopian troops have completed their troop withdrawal from the Somali capital, VOA reported.
AMISOM spokesman Major Barigye Ba-Huko said the African Union would add troops soon to augment the peacekeeping efforts of AMISOM. "What we know from Mogadishu is that the African Union Commission has been discussing the matter with the troop-contributing countries. ...the general idea is that there should be more troops coming into the mission area," Major Ba-Huko said. He said the agreement between the government and the opposition in Djibouti made provisions to ensure stability after Ethiopia withdraws troops from Mogadishu and other areas in Somalia. Major Ba-Huko said the Djibouti agreement laid the grounds to take care of a possible power vacuum after the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops. "The agreement also stipulated that the gaps or the vacuum left by Ethiopian troops would be filled by of the troops of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG)," Major Ba-Huko pointed out. more..http://www.waltainfo.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6257&Itemid=52
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