Thursday, February 23, 2012

Conference calls for urgent action in Somalia. International community firmly behind peace and security efforts in Somalia.Somali pirate ransoms now $170-million industry, U.S. threatens sanctions

Global leaders have called for urgent action on Somalia, warning that the world will "pay the price" for failing to help the country tackle its political instability, civil war and pirates.Speaking at the conference in London along with dozen other leaders on Thursday, David Cameron, the British prime minister, said the “problem in Somalia is a complex jigsaw puzzle where every piece has to be put into place. It is all about the patient work of helping the Somali people to re-build their country from bottom-up,” he said.Cameron concluded: "So, today, we have reached agreements on seven key areas: security, piracy, terrorism, humanitarian assistance, local stability, reinvigorating political process and international co-ordination.""If the rest of us just sit back and look on, we will pay a price for doing so."The participants at the meeting agreed a representative Somali government should replace the current Transitional Federal Government [TFG] after its term ends in August...more

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