Four more African nations to send troops to strife-ridden Somalia

“During the crucial meeting, Djibouti, Guinea, Sierra-Leone pledged to send troops to Somalia, who join the African Union peacekeeping mission (AMISOM) in Somalia to help the transitional federal government of Somalia in its fight against the hard-line group al Shabaab and bring peace back to Somalia,” said war torn country's defense minister in an interview with state-run Radio Mogadishu.

Four more African nations pledged to send to troops to Somalia to join the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia.
After attending a key meeting by the defense ministers of Uganda, Burundi, Guinea, Djibouti, Sierra Leone and Somalia held in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa on March 17, Somalia’s defense minister Abdihakim Hajji Mohamoud Fiqi said the ministers discussed the ways the Somali government could be assisted in bringing peace along with law and order to Somalia.
Fiqi also revealed he had special meetings with numerous Ethiopian officials.
He noted that after the meeting, the officials assured him that their government is ready to give support to the internationally recognized Somali government.
However, Uganda and Burundi, who have more 8,000 soldiers in Mogadishu, are the only contributors to the AU mission in Somalia so far.
Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed, the prime minister of Somalia has recently called for an additional 4,000 troops requested last year to be deployed as soon as possible.