up date on ..President of Somalia visits UK
Gordon Brown pledged British support for the transitional government of Somalia yesterday as its Western-backed president prepared to launch an offensive to seize control of Mogadishu from al-Qaeda linked fighters.
Britain has offered £5.7 million to fund the build-up of an official Somalian security force and has dramatically increased British aid to Somalia tenfold to £30 million since Sheikh Sharif Ahmed was installed as president last year.
President Ahmed said he welcomed foreign support as he targets al-Shabaab, the fundamentalist movement that has appealed for British Somalis to train as suicide bombers...more..http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/7406805/Gordon-Brown-pledges-5m-for-Somali-fighting-fund.html
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