United States Providing $5 Million to Somalia Security Force

spokesman said.
The announcement, issued in a December 29 press statement by acting deputy spokesman Gordon Duguid, came on the same day Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf announced his resignation.The United States supports and respects Yusuf's decision to resign after four years as president of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG,) Duguid said. He said the United States acknowledges "President Yusuf's contributions to long-term peace and stability in Somalia."Duguid said the United States welcomes Yusuf's commitment to continue supporting the Djibouti peace process. Members of the TFG and the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS), an opposition party, met in Djibouti in June 2008 and agreed to take concrete steps toward reducing hostilities, including establishing a joint security force more..http://www.america.gov/st/peacesec-english/2008/December/20081231105841hmnietsua0.14526.html?CP.rss=true