AU Somali force readies for possible Ethiopia pullout

African Union forces battling Islamist insurgents in Somalia are preparing

 

 

Troops to take over should Ethiopia Withdraw more soldiers from the Region,

 

 

Their commander said Thursday. we have in place contingent measures

 

 

To ensure that areas in Bay and Bakool…remain stable and secure in the event of further Ethiopian troop withdrawals," said Andrew Gutti, commander of African Union Mission for Somalia (AMISOM), referring to southwest Somali regions currently controlled by Ethiopia.

As peace expands, Somalia gov’t asks UN to let it import weapons for military

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Should Somalia’s fledgling government

 

 

be allowed to import weapons to arm its nascent military? With

 

 

areas under government control increasing and the threat from al-

 

 

Shabab militants decreasing, that’s the question being put to the U.N. Security Council. The African Union this week appealed to the council to allow arms and other military equipment into the country to equip Somalia’s military. It is a request being made as the international community begins to look at how long it will be before Somali troops can provide security on their own, allowing the departure of African Union troops, who have been in Somalia since 2007.

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