ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The rapid deployment of peacekeepers to Somalia is needed as the country braces for an end to the transitional government, the U.N. secretary-general said.
Somalia hasn't had a functioning central government in decades and the transitional government controls only a tiny section of Mogadishu.
The mandate for the transitional government expires in August, though pro-government forces continue to wage a battle against al-Shabaab, a terrorist group with ties to al-Qaida.
Uganda and Burundi agreed recently to provide troops to the African Union mission in Somalia, though U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a statement said it was necessary to "rapidly generate and deploy" the forces to Somalia as soon as possible.Read MOre
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