Sunday, January 4, 2009

Burundi, Uganda call for reinforcements in Somalia

BUJUMBURA (AFP) – Burundi and Uganda said Sunday they would withdraw their peacekeepers from Somalia if the African Union failed to boost troop numbers with the AMISOM mission there.
Burundi Defence Minister General Germain Niyoyankana, who was speaking in Bujumbara at a joint press conference with his Ugandan counterpart Crispus Kiyonga, said he wanted the African Union to extend the peacekeeper's mandate. more..http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090104/wl_africa_afp/burundiugandasomaliaafricanunionconflict
Uganda to review Somalia deployment
http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/666950
Somalia: Fresh Fighting Starts in Mogadishu
http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050957.html

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