Sunday 7 November 2010

Fresh crisis in Somalia

Regional leaders are due to hold an emergency summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia this week to thrash out action points to handle the dicey security and governance situation in Somalia.


The Inter-Government Authority on Development (IGAD) meeting, at which Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa is representing Uganda, comes amid reported defection of Somali government troops to al Shabaab militants.

Security and diplomatic sources say President Sheikh Sharif’s beleaguered Transitional Federal Government is corrupt, deeply divided and unable to pay soldiers and police who get attracted to lucrative offers by insurgents Read More

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