The African Union has supported the Somali government's request for its neighbours to send troops to help it fight Islamist insurgents.Ethiopia has said it would need an international mandate before its soldiers would return to Somalia. A BBC correspondent in Ethiopia says it remains to be seen whether the AU's statement will be enough. Somalia's speaker of parliament at the weekend admitted the government had been "weakened" by Islamist insurgents.
Last week alone, the security minister, Mogadishu's police chief and an MP were killed.
An alliance of militant Islamist hardliners controls much of southern Somalia.
Somali bomberSpeaker of parliament Sheikh Aden Mohamed Nur on Saturday said there was a "state of emergency" and asked for support within 24 hours. ..more..http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8112657.stm
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